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The Rajasthan General Clauses Act, 1955

The Rajasthan General Clauses Act, 1955

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The Rajasthan General Clauses Act, 1955, regulates the interpretation, application, and administration of all state laws, rules, and regulations. It applies to state lawmakers, government bodies, courts, and individuals navigating the regional legal system. The Act matters because it functions as a master dictionary and rulebook for Rajasthan’s legislation, defining essential terminology, setting procedures for calculating time limits, and outlining how repealed laws affect legal rights. By standardizing these foundational rules, it ensures consistency across the state's legal framework, prevents repetitive drafting in new statutes, and provides crucial clarity on how governmental powers are officially exercised and executed.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. 2. Repeal
  3. 3. References to General Clauses Act, 1897
  4. 4. Application
  5. 5. Coming into operation of Rajasthan laws
  6. 6. Effect of Repeal
  7. 7. Repeal of laws of making textual amendment
  8. 8. Revival of repealed enactment
  9. 9. Construction of references to repealed enactments
  10. 10. Commencement and termination of time
  11. 11. Computation of time
  12. 12. Measurement of distances
  13. 13. Duty to be taken prorata
  14. 14. Gender and number
  15. 15. Power or duty to be exercisable from time to time
  16. 16. Exercise of power and performance of duty by temporary holder of office
  17. 17. Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex officio
  18. 18. Power to appoint to include power to suspend, remove or dismiss
  19. 19. Substitution of functionaries
  20. 20. Successors
  21. 21. Official Chief and Subordinate
  22. 22. Construction of notifications, orders, etc. issued or made under enactments
  23. 23. Power to make or issue to include power to add, to amend, vary or rescind orders, etc
  24. 24. Making of rules, etc. and issuing or orders between passing and commencement of enactments
  25. 25. Publications of orders, etc. in Rajasthan Gazette to be deemed to be due publication
  26. 26. Provisions applicable to making of rules, etc. after previous publication
  27. 26A. Laying of Rules before the State Legislature
  28. 27. Continuation of orders, etc. issued under enactments repealed and re-enacted
  29. 28. Recovery of fines
  30. 29. Provision as to offences punishable under two or more enactments
  31. 30. Meaning of service by post
  32. 31. Citation of enactments
  33. 32. DEFINITIONS

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