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Provincial Government

the authority or person authorized at the relevant date to administer executive government in the province in question. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(47)]

Government securities

before the commencement of the Constitution shall not include securities of the Government of any Part B State. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(24)]

Merged territories

as if they formed part of a Governor's Province or as if they were a Chief Commissioner's Province. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(33)]

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Law in force and existing law

Article 366(10) of the Constitution, the expression 'Indian law' has itself been defined in s. 3(29) of the General Clauses Act as meaning any Act, Ordinance, regulation, rule, order, or bye-law which before the commencement of the Constitution had

Quays

Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 69), s. 15. See also the (English) Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27). By 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 20, the general powers

Father

Father, 'father', in the case of any one whose personal law permits adoption, shall include an adoptive further. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(20)]

Union Territories

and shall include any other territory comprised within the territory of India but not specified in that Schedule. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(62A)]

Text

a statute, Jethanand Betab v. State of Delhi, AIR 1960 SC 89 (92): (1960) 1 SCR 755. (General Clause Act, 1897, s. 6A)

Province

jury. Province shall mean a Presidency, a Governor's Province, a Lieutenant Governor's Province or a Chief Commissioner's Province. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(45)]

Presidency-town

civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(41)]

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