https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273564 Accident-notice requirements under re-enacted electricity law remained enforceable through a pre-amendment notification continued by Section 24 of the General Clauses Act, provided it was neither inconsistent with nor expressly superseded by the new provision. Such continued notification constituted law in force for criminal-liability purposes, defeating the constitutional objection. Immediate knowledge by the Electrical Inspector and assistant of the accident's time, place, nature and probable cause substantially fulfilled the notice requirement. Where the precise cause could not be ascertained within the prescribed period because injured persons were unavailable, insistence on written notice would be an impossible or idle formality; no offence arose from non-literal compliance. en-us Thu, 03 Dec 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:17:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273564 Accident-notice requirements under re-enacted electricity law remained enforceable through a pre-amendment notification continued by Section 24 of the General Clauses Act, provided it was neither inconsistent with nor expressly superseded by the new provision. Such continued notification constituted law in force for criminal-liability purposes, defeating the constitutional objection. Immediate knowledge by the Electrical Inspector and assistant of the accident's time, place, nature and probable cause substantially fulfilled the notice requirement. Where the precise cause could not be ascertained within the prescribed period because injured persons were unavailable, insistence on written notice would be an impossible or idle formality; no offence arose from non-literal compliance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Dec 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273564