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The Pepsu General Clauses Act, 1954

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The Pepsu General Clauses Act, 1954, serves as the foundational interpretive framework for all legislation enacted within the former Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU). It functions as a legal dictionary and a rulebook for reading other laws. By providing standardized definitions for common terms—such as "person," "immovable property," and "good faith"—and establishing uniform rules for interpreting statutes, such as how to compute time or handle the repeal of laws, it ensures consistency and clarity in the legal system. It is essential for judges, lawyers, and administrators to correctly apply and interpret the statutes of that era.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. 2. Application of Act
  3. 3. General Definitions
  4. 4. Extent of Acts generally
  5. 5. Coming into force of enactments
  6. 6. Gender and number
  7. 7. Commencement and termination of time
  8. 8. Computation of time
  9. 9. Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any act or proceeding to which the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908), applies.
  10. 10. Measurement of distances
  11. 11. Effect of repeal
  12. 12. Repeal of law making textual amendment in other laws
  13. 13. Construction of references to repealed enactments
  14. 14. Revival of repealed enactments
  15. 15. Powers conferred to be exercisable from time to time
  16. 16. Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex-officio
  17. 17. Power to appoint to include power to suspend, remove or dismiss
  18. 18. Substitution of functionaries
  19. 19. Successors
  20. 20. Official chiefs and subordinates
  21. 21. Construction of notifications, orders, etc., issued under enactments
  22. 22. Power to make, to include power to add to, amend, vary or rescind notifications, etc
  23. 23. Making of rules or bye-laws and issuing of orders between passing and commencement of enactment
  24. 24. Provision applicable to making of rules or bye-laws after previous publication
  25. 25. Continuation of orders, etc., issued under enactments repealed and re-enacted
  26. 26. Citation of enactments
  27. 27. Recovery of fines
  28. 28. Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments
  29. 29. Meaning of service by post
  30. 30. References to Central and Punjab Acts to be construed as references to those Acts as in force in Pepsu
  31. 31. Effect of expiry of Ordinances and temporary Pepsu Acts
  32. 32. Repeal and Saving

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