Law Maker

POWERS AND FUNCTIONARIES

Section 14: Powers conferred to be exercisable from time to time

The General Clauses Act, 1897

(1) Where, by any 1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, any power is conferred 2***, then 3[unless a different intention appears] that power may be exercised from time to time as occasion requires.

(2) This section applies also to all 4[Central Acts] and Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day day of January, 1887.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “Act of the Governor General in Council”.
  2. 2.The words “on the Government” omitted by Act 18 of 1919, s. 2 and the First Schedule.
  3. 3.Ins. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid.
  4. 4.Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “Acts of the Governor General in Council”.

Questions on this section

1 question in 2 of our papers cite Section 14.

Practise questions on Interpretation of Statutes