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Section 3 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 is the principal section. To what does it apply?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. **Section 3 is the principal section** of the General Clauses Act. It contains the standard set of definitions used in legislation.
2. The ICSI text says: 'The section applies to the **General Clauses Act itself and to post-1897 Central Acts and Regulations**.'
3. Each definition is qualified by the standard phrase 'unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context', so the section operates as a default dictionary that yields to a contrary intention in any later Act.
4. By Section 3 read with Section 4 and 4A, the definitions are extended to all Indian laws (subject to certain temporal cut-offs of 3 January 1868 and 14 January 1887 for some terms).
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 4, 'Definitions', p. 101._
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