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The Orissa General Clauses Act, 1937

The Orissa General Clauses Act, 1937

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The Orissa General Clauses Act, 1937 serves as an essential interpretative guide for state legislation in Odisha. It standardizes legal definitions for common terms and establishes basic rules for interpreting statutes, official orders, and government notifications. Applying to lawmakers, judicial bodies, administrative officers, and residents of the state, this legislation regulates when laws come into force, how time and distances are measured, how administrative powers are exercised, and how law repeals affect existing rights, liabilities, and ongoing proceedings. The Act matters because it provides uniform clarity across state enactments, ensuring consistent legal application while significantly shortening future legislative drafting.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title
  3. 2. Definitions
  4. 3. Coming into operation of Acts.
  5. 4. Printing of date on which Act is published.
  6. 5. Effect of repeal.
  7. 6. Revival of repealed enactments.
  8. 7. Repeal of Act making textual amendment in Act or regulation.
  9. 8. Construction of references to repealed enactments.
  10. 9. Commencement and termination of time.
  11. 10. Computation of time.
  12. 11. Measurement of distances
  13. 12. Duty to be taken pro rata in enactments.
  14. 13. Gender and number
  15. 14. When powers and duties to be exercised and performed
  16. 15. Exercise of power and performance of duty by temporary holder of office
  17. 16. Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex officio
  18. 17. Power to appoint to include power to suspend or dismiss
  19. 18. Substitution of functionaries
  20. 19. Successors
  21. 20. Official chiefs and subordinates
  22. 21. Construction orders etc., issued under enactments
  23. 22. Power to make to include power to add to, amend, vary or rescind, orders, rules or by-laws
  24. 23. Making of rules or bylaws and issuing of orders between passing and commencement of enactment
  25. 24. Provisions applicable to making of rules or by-laws after previous publication
  26. 25. Continuation of orders, etc., issued under enactments, repealed and re-enacted
  27. 26. Publication of orders and notifications in the Gazette
  28. 27. Recovery of fines
  29. 28. Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments
  30. 29. Meaning of service by post
  31. 30. Citation of enactments
  32. 31. Saving of previous enactments rules and bylaws
  33. 32. Application to Ordinances and Regulations under the Government of India Act, 1935

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