General Clauses Act: Section 4 Applicability

Preamble = Expresses the scope, object, and purpose of an Act Section 4 of General Clauses Act = Deals with the application of definitions to previous enactments General Clauses Act = Serves as a model for State General Clauses Acts State General Clauses Acts = Should conform to the General Clauses Act of 1897 to avoid confusion

January 3, 1868 = Applicable to Central Acts January 14, 1887 = Applicable to regulations made after this date 1897 = Year of enactment of the General Clauses Act Before January 3, 1868 = Not applicable under the General Clauses Act

Difference in applicability of each section = Regarding the statutes to which it applies Referring to language of each section = To ascertain to which class of instruments or enactment it applies Court applying general principles of the General Clauses Act = In cases where no specific section applies Conforming State General Clauses Acts to the General Clauses Act of 1897 = To avoid divergent rules of construction and interpretation

<p>Ambiguity in understanding any provision of Act = Preamble is accepted as an aid to construction of the Act Intention of lawmaker behind the Act = Expressed in the preamble Saddle of the provisions under General Clauses Act, 1897 = Delving into the details of the provisions Divergent rules of construction and interpretation = Result if State General Clauses Acts do not conform to the General Clauses Act of 1897</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Main source for understanding the intention of lawmaker behind the Act = Preamble Dealing with the application of definitions to previous enactments = Section 4 of General Clauses Act Model for State General Clauses Acts = General Clauses Act of 1897 Avoiding confusion in construction and interpretation rules = Conforming State General Clauses Acts to the General Clauses Act of 1897</p> Signup and view all the answers