General Clauses Act clarifies interpretation rules; extended to Jammu and Kashmir by reorganisation act effect. The General Clauses Act, 1897 consolidates and extends earlier General Clauses Acts to supply uniform rules for interpretation, definitions, computation of time and other general statutory machinery, and is formally cited by its short title. A legislative note records that the Act has been extended in full by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
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General Clauses Act clarifies interpretation rules; extended to Jammu and Kashmir by reorganisation act effect.
The General Clauses Act, 1897 consolidates and extends earlier General Clauses Acts to supply uniform rules for interpretation, definitions, computation of time and other general statutory machinery, and is formally cited by its short title. A legislative note records that the Act has been extended in full by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
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