The General Clauses Act, 1897

( ACT NO. X OF 1897 )

[ 11th March, 1897 ]

PROVISION AS TO ORDERS, RULES, ETC., MADE UNDER ENACTMENTS

Continuation of orders, etc., issued under enactments repealed and re-enacted

24. Where any ¹[Act of Parliament] or Regulation is, after the commencement of this Act, repealed and re-enacted with or without modification, then, unless it is otherwise expressly provided, any appointment, notification, order, scheme, rule, form or bye-law made or issued under the repealed Act or Regulation, shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions re-enacted, continue in force, and be deemed to have been made or issued under the provisions so re-enacted, unless and until it is superseded by any appointment, notification], order, scheme, rule, form or bye-law made or issued under the provisions so re-enacted ²[* * *].

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The words "Act of Parliament" were substituted, for the words "Central Act" by Article 8 of the General Clauses (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 147 of 1972).
²
The words, commas, letters and figures "and when any Central Act or Regulation, which, by a notification under section 5 or 5A or the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, or any like law, has been extended to any local area, has, by a subsequent notification, been withdrawn from and re-extended to such area or any part thereof, the provisions of such Act or Regulation shall be deemed to have been repealed and re-enacted in such area or part within the meaning of this section" were omitted by Article 12 of the General Clauses (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 147 of 1972).

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs