General Clauses Act, 1897
← General Clauses Act, 1897
III — of the Government of India Act, 1935, shall not include a reference to Berar; · Section 8

Construction of references to repealed enactments

Not yet verified with the latest version of the bare act.
Text as per India Code

[(1)] Where this Act, or any 1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then references in any other enactment or in any instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.

[(2) 5[Where before the fifteenth day of August, 1947, any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom repealed and re-enacted], with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then reference in any 1[Central Act] or in any Regulation or instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.]

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