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| | GENERAL CLAUSES ACT 1897 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Revival of repealed enactments.- (1) In any 1*[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be necessary, for the purpose of reviving, either wholly or partially, any enactment wholly or partially repealed, expressly to state that purpose. |
 | | Gender and number.- In all 3*[Central Acts] and Regulations, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (1) words importing the masculine gender shall be taken to include females; and (2) words in the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. |
 | | Successors.- (1) In any 2*[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating the relation of a law to the successors of any functionaries or of corporations having perpetual succession, to express its relation to the functionaries or corporations. |
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