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GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 6A: Repeal of Act making textual amendment in Act or Regulation

The General Clauses Act, 1897

1[Where any 2[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act repeals any enactment by which the text of any 2[Central Act] or Regulation was amended by the express omission, insertion or substitution of any matter, then, unless a different intention appears, the repeal shall not affect the continuance of any such amendment made by the enactment so repealed and in operation at the time of such repeal.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 19 of 1936, s. 2.
  2. 2.Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “Act of the Governor-General in Council”.

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. Under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970, as amended by the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 (since repealed by the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026), an appeal against a decision of the Controller under Section 15 refusing an application lies to

  2. 2. The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 (since repealed by the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026) amended the Copyright Act, 1957, omitted Sections 11 and 12 relating to the Appellate Board and substituted Section 72. Under Section 72 as so substituted, an appeal against a final decision or order of the Registrar of Copyrights lies to:

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