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What does commencement of an Act mean under the General Clauses Act?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the General Clauses Act, a financial year begins on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the General Clauses Act, person covers which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is included in immovable property under the General Clauses Act?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the General Clauses Act, movable property means:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the General Clauses Act, a month is reckoned by which calendar?Read the answer and worked solution →When is a thing done in good faith under the General Clauses Act?Read the answer and worked solution →In the General Clauses Act, which Governments does Government include?Read the answer and worked solution →For acts after the Constitution began, Central Government under the Act means:Read the answer and worked solution →A Central Act silent on its start date operates from which day?Read the answer and worked solution →Unless the contrary is expressed, an Act operates from:Read the answer and worked solution →Unless a different intention appears, repeal of an Act does not affect:Read the answer and worked solution →To revive a repealed enactment, a later Central Act must:Read the answer and worked solution →On repeal and re-enactment, old references are read as references to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which word excludes the first day of a series of days (section 9)?Read the answer and worked solution →If a court is closed on the last day of a period, an act is in time if done:Read the answer and worked solution →Under section 11, a distance is measured in a:Read the answer and worked solution →If customs duty is fixed for a quantity, a larger quantity attracts:Read the answer and worked solution →Unless context is repugnant, singular words in Central Acts also include:Read the answer and worked solution →A power conferred by a Central Act may ordinarily be exercised:Read the answer and worked solution →A power to appoint may be exercised by name or by reference to:Read the answer and worked solution →An authority that can appoint a person also has power to:Read the answer and worked solution →To apply a law to every holder of an office, it is enough to mention:Read the answer and worked solution →A law naming a corporation with perpetual succession also covers:Read the answer and worked solution →A law fixing the chief's duty also applies to deputies who:Read the answer and worked solution →Words in a notification issued under an Act carry what meaning?Read the answer and worked solution →A power to issue notifications also includes the power to:Read the answer and worked solution →Rules made after an Act passes but before it starts take effect:Read the answer and worked solution →A notice with draft rules under previous publication must specify:Read the answer and worked solution →Gazette publication of a rule made after previous publication is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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What does commencement of an Act mean under the General Clauses Act?

  1. Day the Bill is introduced
  2. Day of presidential assent
  3. Day it comes into force
  4. Day of Gazette publication
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Correct answer: C. Day it comes into force

Section 3 defines commencement for an Act as the day on which it comes into force, which can differ from the day of assent.

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Under the General Clauses Act, a financial year begins on which date?

  1. 1 July
  2. 1 January
  3. 1 April
  4. 1 October
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Correct answer: C. 1 April

Section 3 fixes the financial year as the year starting on the first day of April.

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Under the General Clauses Act, person covers which of these?

  1. Only Indian citizens
  2. Only living human beings
  3. Only incorporated companies
  4. Any company or association
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Correct answer: D. Any company or association

The definition of person extends to companies and associations or bodies of individuals whether incorporated or not.

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