THE GENERAL CLAUSES ACT
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THE GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1897
Chapter I PRELIMINARY
Section 1 SHORT TITLE
Section 2 REPEALED
Chapter II GENERAL DEFINITIONS
Section 3 DEFINITIONS
Section 4 APPLICATION OF FOREGOING DEFINITIONS TO PREVIOUS ENACTMENTS
Section 4A APPLICATION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS TO INDIAN LAWS
Chapter III GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 5 COMING INTO OPERATION OF ENACTMENTS
Section 5A REPEALED
Section 6 EFFECT OF REPEAL
Section 6A REPEAL OF ACT MAKING TEXTUAL AMENDMENT IN ACT OR REGULATION
Section 7 REVIVAL OF REPEALED ENACTMENTS
Section 8 CONSTRUCTION OF REFERENCES TO REPEALED ENACTMENTS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 PRO RATA IN ENACTMENTS
Section 13 GENDER AND NUMBER
Section 13A REPEALED
Chapter IV POWERS AND FUNCTIONARIES
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 CHIEFS AND SUBORDINATES
Chapter V PROVISIONS AS TO ORDERS, RULES, ETC., MADE UNDER ENACTMENTS
Section 20 CONSTRUCTION OF ORDERS, ETC., ISSUED UNDER ENACTMENTS
Section 21 POWER TO ISSUE, TO INCLUDE POWER TO ADD TO, AMEND, VARY OR RESCIND NOTIFICATIONS, ORDERS, 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
Section 24 CONTINUATION OF ORDERS, ETC., ISSUED UNDER ENACTMENTS REPEALED AND RE-ENACTED
Chapter VI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 25 RECOVERY OF FINES
Section 26 PROVISION AS TO OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER TWO OR MORE ENACTMENTS
Section 27 MEANING OF SERVICE BY POST
Section 28 CITATION OF ENACTMENTS
Section 29 SAVING FOR PREVIOUS ENACTMENTS, RULES AND BYE-LAWS
Section 30 APPLICATION OF ACT TO ORDINANCES
Section 30A REPEALED
Section 31 REPEALED

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