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Section 8 Construction of references to repealed enactments

General Clauses Act, 1897 · Edition: Archived India Code central text

3[(1)] Where this Act, or any 1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then references in any other enactment or in any instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.

4[(2) 5[Where before the fifteenth day of August, 1947, any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom repealed and re-enacted], with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then reference in any 1[Central Act] or in any Regulation or instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.]

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Judgments on Section 8

LOK 2012 (9) SC 122 · Supreme Court of India

State Of Uttarakhand v. Mohan Singh

Subject–
Judges–
ActsUttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (Section 229B); Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (Section 55); General Clauses Act, 1897 (Section 8(1)); Bihar and Orissa Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1930 (Section 2(c)); Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Section 2(18))

LOK 2011 (1) SC 118 · Supreme Court of India

Girnar Traders v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Equivalent citations: (2011) 3 SCC 1 : JT 2011 (1) SC 469 : 2011 (1) SCALE 223 :

Subject–
Judges–
ActsLand Acquisition Act, 1894 (Sections 6, 11A and 12(2)); General Clauses Act, 1897 (Section 8); Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1954 (Section 151); Bangalore City Improvement Trust Act, 1945 (Section 27); Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Section 2(18)); Constitution of India (Articles 14, 226 and 246)

LOK 2006 (10) SC 91 · Supreme Court of India

The State rep. by Inspector of Police,Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu v. A. Parthiban

Equivalent citations: 2007 (1) KLT SN 65

Subject–
JudgesJustice Arijit Pasayat, Justice R.V. Raveendran
ActsPrevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (Section 13(1)(d)); General Clauses Act, 1897 (Section 8); Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (Section 5(2)); Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (Section 562); Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 (Section 12); Indian Mines Act, 1923 (Section 2)