Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Harnek Singh

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 1060
Bench R.P. Sethi J.
Decided 15 February 2002

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General Clauses Act, 1897: Object of-Held ls to shorten the language of Central Acts and to guard against slips and oversights by importing into every Act certain common form clauses-The General Clauses Act is a part of every Central Act and has to be read in such Act unless specifically excluded Section 6(b)-Object of-Held ls to save what has been previously done under the statute repealed-The result is that the pre-existing law continues to govern the things done before a particular date from which the repeal of such a pre-existing law takes effect. Section 24-0bject of-Held, ls to preserve

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