State : Central
Year : 1897
GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1897 GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1897 10 of 1897 An Act to consolidate and extend the General Clauses Acts, 1868 and 1887. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and extend the General Clauses Acts, 1868 (1 of 1868) and 1887 (1 of 1887); It is hereby enacted as follows - PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE (1) This Act may be called the General Clauses Act, 1897. SECTION 02: REPEALED BY THE REPEATING AND AMENDING ACT, 1903(1 OF 1903) SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS In this Act, and in all Central Acts and Regulations made after the commencement of this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (1) "abet", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall have the same meaning as in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) ; (2) "act",..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : General Clauses Act 1897
State : Central
Year : 1897
Preamble1 - GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1897 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Repeal [Repealed] Section3 - Definitions Section4 - Application of foregoing definitions to previous enactments Section4A - Application of certain definitions to Indian Laws Section5 - Coming into operation of enactments Section5A - Coming into operation of Governor-General's Act [Repealed] Section6 - Effect of repeal Section6A - Repeal of Act making textual amendment in Act or Regulation Section7 - Revival of repealed enactments Section8 - Construction of references to repealed enactments Section9 - Commencement and termination of time Section10 - Computation of time Section11 - Measurement of distances Section12 - Duty to be taken pro rata in enactments Section13 - Gender and number Section13A -..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Duty to Be Taken Pro Rata in Enactments
State : Central
Year : 1897
Where, by any enactment now in force or hereafter to be in force, any duty of customs or excise, or in the nature thereof, is leviable on any given quantity, by weight, measure or value of any goods or merchandise, then a like duty is leviable according to the same rate on any greater or less quantity. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Coming into operation of Governor-General's Act [Repealed]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. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Provision as to Offences Punishable Under Two or More Enactments
State : Central
Year : 1897
Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under two or more enactments, then the offender shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished under either or any of those enactments, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Gender and Number
State : Central
Year : 1897
In all1[Central Acts] and Regulations, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (1) words importing the masculine gender shall be taken to include females; and (2) words in the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Acts of the Governor General in Council". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Provisions Applicable to Making of Rules or Bye-laws After Previous Publication
State : Central
Year : 1897
Where, by any1[Central Act] or Regulation, a power to make rules or bye-laws is expressed to be given subject to the condition of the rules or bye-laws being made after previous publication, then the following provisions shall apply, namely:-- (1) the authority having power to make the rules or bye-laws shall, before making them, publish a draft of the proposed rules or bye-laws for the information of persons likely to be affected thereby; (2) the publication shall be made in such manner as that authority deems to be sufficient, or, if the condition with respect to previous publication so requires, in such manner as the2[Government concerned] prescribes; (3) there shall be published with the draft a notice specifying a date on or after which the draft will be taken into..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Measurement of Distances
State : Central
Year : 1897
In the measurement of any distance, for the purposes of any1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, that distance shall, unless a different intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor General in Council". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Appoint to Include Power to Appoint Ex Officio
State : Central
Year : 1897
Where, by any1[Central Act] or Regulation, a power to appoint any person to fill any office or execute any function is conferred, then, unless it is otherwise expressly provided, any such appointment, if it is made after the commencement of this Act, may be made either by name or by virtue of office. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor General in Council". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Meaning of Service by Post
State : Central
Year : 1897
Where any1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act authorizes or requires any document to be served by post, whether the expression "serve" or either of the expressions "give" or "send" or any other expression is used, then, unless a different intention appears, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying and posting by registered post, a letter containing the document, and, unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor General in Council". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section