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Infant Life Protection Act, 1897

Matched in: Term Infant Life Protection Act, 1897

Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865, 1897, and 1914, and Wills (Soldiers and Sailors) Act, 1918 (English)

Matched in: Term Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865, 1897, and 1914, and Wills (Soldiers and Sailors) Act, 1918 (English)

Real representative

a personal representative on whom real estate devolved on the death of any person between the 31st December, 1897, and the 1st January, 1926, under the provisions of the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897. Prior to the

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Affidavit

the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing. [The General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3 (3)] The expression 'affidavit' has been commonly understood to mean a sworn statement

Immovable property

Mahadeo v. State of Bombay AIR 1959 SC 735 (740): (1959) Supp 2 SCR 339. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(26)] Includes land, buildings, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries, fisheries or any

Local authority

entrusted by the Government with, the control or management of a municipal or local fund, General Clauses Act, 1897, Union of India v. R.C. Jain, (1981) 2 SCC 308: AIR 1981 SC 951. [General Clauses Act, 1897,

Rule

conferred by any enactment; also includes a regulation made as a rule under any enactment. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(51)] Rule, made under an Act having statutory force, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and

State

(Constitution of India, Art. 131) Though the definition of 'State' in s. 3(58) of the General Clauses Act, 1897, taking within it Union territories applies to the interpretation of the Constitution, this inclusive definition is repugnant to

Vessel

exclusively by oars, Panduranga Timblo Industries v. Union of India, (1992) 2 SCC 635 (641). [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(63)] Vessel shall include any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation.

Section

Section, means section of the Act or Regulation in which the word occurs. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(54)] The word 'section' denotes one of the those portions of a Chapter of this Code which

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