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General Clauses Act 1897 Complete Act

Title: General Clauses Act 1897

State: Central

Year: 1897

.....and issuing of orders between passing and commencement of enactment Section23 - Provisions applicable to making of rules or bye-laws after previous publication Section24 - Continuation of orders, etc., issued under enactments repealed and re-enacted Section25 - Recovery of fines Section26 - Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments Section27 - Meaning of service by post Section28 - Citation of enactments Section29 - Saving for previous enactments, rules and bye-laws Section30 - Application of Act to Ordinances Section30A - Application of Act to Acts made by the Governor-General [Repealed] Section31 - Construction of references to Local Government of a Province [Repealed] ScheduleI - THE SCHEDULE [Enactments Repealed]

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Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899 Complete Act

Title: Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899

State: Karnataka

Year: 1899

..... Part III Section 5 - Coming into operation of enactment Section 6 - Effect of repeal Section 6A - Repeal of Act making textual amendment in an Act Section 7 - Revival of repealed enactments Section 8 - Construction of references to repealed enactments Section 9 - Commencement and termination of time Section 10 - Computation of time Section 11 - Measurement of distances Section 12 - Duty to be taken prorata in enactments Section 13 - Gender and number Part IV Section 14 - Powers conferred to be exercisable from time to time Section 15 - Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex-officio Section 16 - Power to appoint to include power to suspend or dismiss Section 17 - Substitution of functionaries Section 18 - Successors Section 19 - Official chief and sub-ordinates Part V Section 20 - Construction of orders, etc., issued under enactments Section 21 - Power to make to include power to add to, amend, vary or rescind notifications, order, rules or bye-laws Section 22 - Making of rules or bye-laws and issuing of orders between passing and commencement of enactment Section 23 - Provisions applicable to making of rules or bye-laws after previous publication .....

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General Clauses Act 1897 Preamble 1

Title: General Clauses Act, 1897

State: Central

Year: 1897

.....1936 (5 of 1936), Section 3 and Schedule The Act has been partially extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941) and to the new Provinces and Merged States by the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (59 of 1949). The Act has been extended to-- Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Regulation 12 of 1962, Section3 and Schedule; Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Regulation 6 of 1963, Section2 and ScheduleI; Pondicherry by Regulation 7 of 1963, Section3 and ScheduleI; and Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Regulation 8 of 1965, Section3 and Schedule It has been amended in Assam by the Assam Commissioners' Powers Distribution Act, 1939 (Assam Act 1 of 1939).

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Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, (Maharashtra) Preamble

Title: the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1904

.....settle the form of and bring together in one Act, many detailed provisions which commonly appeared in special Acts authorising various kinds of public undertakings, such as the construction of railways. Thereafter the provisions of the Appropriate Clauses Act could be incorporated by reference in subsequent special Acts, thereby promoting uniformity and consistency and shortening and simplifying the special Acts. Some Clauses Acts are deemed incorporated in later special Acts unless varied on excluded thereby; others apply only in so far as expressly incorporated".-The Oxford Companion to Law, David M. Walker, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1980. __________________________ 1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1903, Pt. VII, pp. 5, 6 ; for Report of Select Committee, see ibid., 1904, Pt. VII p. 1, and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., 1903, Pt. VII, p. 130, ibid., 1904, Pt. VII, p. 42.

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Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899 Preamble 1

Title: Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899

State: Karnataka

Year: 1899

THE1[KARNATAKA] GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1899 [Act, No. 3 of 1899] [3rd July, 1899] PREAMBLE An Act for further shortening the language used in1[Mysore Acts and Karnataka Acts] and for other purposes. WHEREAS it is expedient further to shorten the language used in1[Mysore Acts and Karnataka Acts], and to make certain other provisions relating to those enactments, Her Highness the Maharani-Regent is pleased to enact as follows:- _______________________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

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Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, (Maharashtra) Complete Act

Title: the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1904

Preamble - THE ACT FOR AVOIDING WAGERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1865 Section 1 - Contracts declared null and void. No suit allowed on such contracts Section 2 - Nor for commission or brokerage, etc., in respect of agreements by way of gaming or wagering Section 3 - Payments for which guardian and personal representative not to be allowed credit Section 4 - Repeal and savings Section 5 - Number and gender

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GENERAL CLAUSES ACT 1897 Section 5A

Title: Coming into operation of Governor-General's Act [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1897

1[5A. Coming into operation of Governor-General's Act [Rep. by the A.O. 1947.]] ________________________ 1. Inserted by the A.O. 1937.

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 658

Title: Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) to Apply in Addition to Sections 645 to 657 of Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

The mention of particular matters in sections 645 to 657 or in any other provision of this Act shall not prejudice the general application of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), with respect to the effect of repeals.

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Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899 Part II

Title: General Definitions

State: Karnataka

Year: 1899

.....and] (d) any provision contained in 2 [any 1 [Mysore Act or Karnataka Act]] or in any such Act or body of Rules as aforesaid 6 [or in any Bombay Act, Coorg Act, Hyderabad Law or Madras Act]; (13) "Father," in the case of any one whose personal law permits adoption, shall include an adoptive father; 7 [(13A) "financial year" or "official year" shall mean the year commencing on the first day of April: Provided that in respect of the financial or official year of 1949-50, "financial Year" or "Official year" shall mean the period commencing on the first day of July, 1949, and ending with the thirty-first day of March, 1950;] (14) "8 [revenue year]" shall mean the year commencing on the first day of July; (15) a thing shall be deemed to be done in "good faith" where it is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not; 2 [(16) "Government or "the Government" shall,- (a) in relation to anything done before the commencement of the Constitution, means the authority or person authorised at the relevant date to administer executive Government in Mysore; (b) in relation to anything done or to be done after the commencement of the Constitution, include both.....

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Sikkim Interpretation & General Clauses Act, 1977 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 1977

.....Legislative Assembly. 41. Recovery of fines. 42. Meaning of service by post. 43. Citation of law. SIKKIM INTERPRETATION & GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1977 ACT NO 6 OF 1977 AN ACT to provide for and to facilitate the interpretation and construction of Sikkim laws, to shorten the language used therein and to make certain other provisions relating to such laws. [17th October 1977] WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for and to facilitate the interpretation and construction of Sikkim laws to shorten the language used therein and to make certain other provisions, relating, to such laws Be it enacted by the Legislature of" Sikkim in 'the Twenty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER I Preliminary Short title and commencement. I. (I) This Act may be called the Sikkim Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1977 (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Application. 2. Unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the' context otherwise requires, the provisions of this Act shall apply to- (a) all Sikkim laws made before or after the commencement of this Act; (b) all notifications,.....

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