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The Maharashtra General Clauses Act.

Maharashtra
Act number
1 of 1904
Ministry
Govt of Maharashtra
Department
Law and Judiciary Department
Enacted
30 May 1904

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34 sections

  1. Section 1Short title.
  2. Section 1AExtension of application of Act to Acts, rules, etc., made on or after the 1st day of November, 1956.
  3. Section 1BExtension of application of Act to Acts, rules, etc., of State of Maharashtra.
  4. Section 2Repeal.
  5. Section 3Definitions.
  6. Section 4Application of certain foregoing definitions to previous Bombay Acts.
  7. Section 5Coming into operation of Bombay Acts or Maharashtra Acts.
  8. Section 6Printing of date on which Act is published after having received the assent of the Governor, Governor-General, or His Majesty as the case may require.
  9. Section 7Effect of repeal.
  10. Section 7ARepeal of any enactment making textual amendment in any Act.
  11. Section 8Revival of repealed enactments.
  12. Section 9Construction of references to repealed enactments.
  13. Section 10Commencement and termination of time.
  14. Section 11Computation of time.
  15. Section 12Measurement of distance.
  16. Section 13Gender and number.
  17. Section 14Powers conferred on any Government to be exercisable from time to time.
  18. Section 15Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex-officio.
  19. Section 16Power to appoint to include power to suspend or dismiss.
  20. Section 17Substitution of functionaries.
  21. Section 18Successors.
  22. Section 19Official chiefs and subordinates.
  23. Section 20Construction of orders, etc., issued under Bombay Acts or Maharashtra Acts.
  24. Section 21Power to make to include power to add to, amend, vary or rescind, orders, etc.
  25. Section 22Making of rules or by-laws and issuing of orders between publication and commencement of Bombay Act or Maharashtra Act.
  26. Section 23Publication of orders and notifications in the Official Gazette to be deemed to be due publication.
  27. Section 24Provisions applicable to making of rules or by-laws after previous publication.
  28. Section 25Continuation of orders, etc., issued under enactments repealed and re-enacted.
  29. Section 26Recovery of fines.
  30. Section 27Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments.
  31. Section 28Meaning of service by post.
  32. Section 29Citation of enactments.
  33. Section 30Saving for previous Act, rules and by-laws.
  34. Section 31Application of Act to Ordinances and Regulations.