Section 20: Construction of orders, etc., issued under enactments

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1. 1. Under Section 20 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, expressions used in a notification, order, scheme, rule, form or bye-law issued under a Central Act shall, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, have:

   A.the meanings given to them in the Official Gazette notification issuing the ruleB.the meanings assigned to them by the authority that issued the instrumentC.the same respective meanings as in the Act conferring the power to issue itD.the meanings that they bear in the ordinary dictionary sense of the words
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