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Section 4 of the General Clauses Act extends certain Section 3 definitions to enactments made BEFORE 1897. Which group of words gets the EARLIEST cut-off date of 3 January 1868?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 4(1) of the GCA gives the longest reach. The definitions of '**affidavit', 'barrister', 'District Judge', 'father', 'imprisonment', 'month', 'movable property', 'oath', 'person', 'section', 'son', 'swear', 'will', 'year'** etc. apply to **all Central Acts made after the third day of January, 1868**, and to all regulations made on or after 14 January 1887.
2. Section 4(2) gives the shorter reach (14 January 1887 only) to '**abet, chapter, commencement, financial year, local authority, master, offence, part, public nuisance, registered, schedule, ship, sign, sub-section, writing**'.
3. Section 4A extends the definitions of '**British India', 'Central Act', 'Central Government', 'Chief Controlling Revenue Authority'** etc. to **all Indian laws**.
4. So the 3 January 1868 cut-off group is **(B)**.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 4, 'Application of foregoing definitions to previous enactment (Section 4)', p. 107._
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