Section 24

Continuation of orders, etc., issued under enactments repealed and re-enacted.

The General Clauses Act, 1897

  • Act 10 of 1897
  • Ministry of Law and Justice
  • Legislative Department
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and extend the General Clauses Act, 1868 and 1887.

All sections
Where any 1[Central Act] or Regulation, is, after the commencement of this Act, repealed and re-enacted with or without modification, then, unless it is otherwise expressly provided any 2[appointment notification], order, scheme, rule, form or bye-law, 2[made or] issued under the repealed Act or Regulation, shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions re-enacted, continue in force, and be deemed to have been 2[made or] issued under the provisions so re-enacted, unless and until it is superseded by any 2[appointment notification,] order, scheme, rule, form or bye-law, 2[made or] issued under the provisions so re-enacted 3[and when any 1[Central Act] or Regulation, which, by a notification under section 5 or 5A of the 4Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, (14 of 1874) or any like law, has been extended to any local area, has, by a subsequent notification, been withdrawn from the re-extended to such area or any part thereof, the provisions of such Act or Regulation shall be deemed to have been repealed and re-enacted in such area or part within the meaning of this section].

Notes

1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor General in Council".
2. Ins. by the A.O. 1937, s. 3 and the Second Schedule.
3. Ins. by Act 17 of 1914, s. 2 and the First Schedule.
4. Rep. by the A.O. 1937.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

Scroll to Top