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The Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904

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The Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, serves as the foundational "rulebook" for interpreting all other laws enacted by the State of Bombay (now Maharashtra). It functions as a legal dictionary and a guide for statutory construction. By providing standardized definitions for common terms like "person," "good faith," and "immovable property," and establishing uniform rules for how laws come into force, how time is calculated, and how rules are published, it prevents ambiguity. For the ordinary citizen, it ensures that legal language remains consistent, predictable, and clear, preventing confusion when reading or applying state legislation.

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  1. 1. Short title
  2. 1A. Extension of application of Act to Acts, rules, etc
  3. 1B. Extension of application of Act to Acts, rules, etc. of State of Maharashtra
  4. 2. Repeal
  5. 3. Definitions
  6. 4. Application of certain of the foregoing definitions to previous Bombay Acts
  7. 5. General Rules of Construction
  8. 6. Printing 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. 7. Effect of repeal
  10. 7A. Repeal of enactment making textual amendment in any Act
  11. 8. Revival of enactments
  12. 9. Construction of references to repealed enactments
  13. 10. Commencement and termination of time
  14. 11. Computation of time
  15. 12. Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any act or proceeding to which the Indian Limitation Act, 1877, applies.
  16. 13. Gender and number
  17. 14. Powers conferred on any Government to be exercisable from time to time
  18. 15. Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex officio
  19. 16. Power to appoint to include power to suspend or dismiss
  20. 17. Substitution of functionaries
  21. 18. Successors
  22. 19. Official chiefs and subordinates
  23. 20. Construction of orders, etc., issued under Bombay Acts or Maharashtra Acts
  24. 21. Power to make to include power to add to, amend, vary or rescind, orders, etc
  25. 22. Making of rules and issue of orders between publication and commencement of Bombay Act or Maharashtra Act
  26. 23. Publication of orders and notifications in the Official Gazette to be deemed to be due publication
  27. 24. Provisions applicable to making of rules after previous publications
  28. 25. Continuation of orders, etc., issued under enactments repealed and re-enacted
  29. 26. Recovery of fines
  30. 27. Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments
  31. 28. Meaning of service by post
  32. 29. Citation of enactments
  33. I. SCHEDULE B to the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1886 (Bom. Act III of 1886)

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