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General Clauses Act 1897 Section 3

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1897

....."financial year" shall mean the year commencing on the first day of April; (22) 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; (23) "Government" or "the Government" shall include both the Central Government and any State Government; (24) "Government securities" shall mean securities of the Central Government or of any State Government, but in any Act or Regulation made before the commencement of the Constitution shall not include securities of the Government of any Part B State; (25) "High Court", used with reference to civil proceedings, shall mean the highest Civil Court of appeal (not including the Supreme Court) in the part of India in which the Act or Regulation containing the expression operates; (26) "immovable property" shall include land, benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (27) "imprisonment" shall mean imprisonment of either description as defined in the Indian Penal Code; (45 of 1860) (28) "India" shall mean,-- (a) as respects any period before the establishment of the Dominion of India,8.....

British Law Ascertainment Act, 1859 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1859

.....shall be the opinion of such Court, that it is necessary or expedient for the proper disposal of such action to ascertain the law applicable to the facts of the case as administered in any other part of Her Majesty's dominions on any point on which the law of such other part of Her Majesty's dominions is different from that in which the Court is situate, it shall be competent to the Court in which such action may depend to direct a case to be prepared setting forth the facts, as these may be ascertained by verdict of a jury or other mode competent, or may be agreed upon by the parties, or settled by such person or persons as may have been appointed by the Court for that purpose in the event of the parties not agreeing and upon such case being approved of by such Court or a Judge thereof, they shall settle the questions of law arising out of the same on which they desire to have the opinion of another Court, and shall pronounce another remitting the same, together with the case, to the Court in such other part of Her Majesty's dominions, being one of the superior Courts thereof, whose opinion is desired upon the law administered by them as applicable to the facts set forth in.....

General Clauses Act, 1897 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1897

....."financial year" shall mean the year commencing on the first day of April ; (22) 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 ; (23) "Government" or "the Government" shall include both the Central Government and any State Government ; (24) "Government securities" shall mean securities of the Central Government or of any State Government, but in any Act or Regulation made before the commencement of the Constitution shall not include securities of the Government of any Part B State ; (25) "High Court", used with reference to civil proceedings, shall mean the highest Civil Court of appeal (not including the Supreme Court) in the part of India in which the Act or Regulation containing the expression operates ; (26) "immovable property" shall include land, benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (27) "imprisonment" shall mean imprisonment of either description as defined in the Indian Penal Code ; (28) "India" shall mean,- (a) as respects any period before the establishment of the Dominion of India, British India.....