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Under Section 3(35) of the General Clauses Act, 'Month' is defined as:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 3(35) of the GCA defines '**Month**' as 'a month reckoned according to the **British calendar**'.
2. So a month is January, February, March etc. — not a flat 30-day period, not a lunar month, not 28 working days.
3. The corresponding Section 3(66) defines 'Year' as a year reckoned according to the British calendar (Gregorian calendar). However, the latter definition does NOT apply where the parties intended a different calendar.
4. The British-calendar default eliminates ambiguity in limitation and notice provisions that turn on 'months'.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 4, Definitions §3(35) and §3(66), pp. 105, 107._
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