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The General Clauses Act, 1897

Section 18Successors

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POWES AND FUNCTIONARIES

s. 18

18. Successors (1) In any [Act of Parliament] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating the relation of a law to the successors of any functionaries or of corporations having perpetual succession, to express its relation to the functionaries or corporations. (2) This section applies also to all [Acts of Parliament] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

  1. 88. The words "Acts of Parliament" were substituted, for the words "Central Acts" by Article 8 of the General Clauses (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 147 of 1972).

End of s. 18.

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