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GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 7: Revival of repealed enactments

The General Clauses Act, 1897

(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Act, it shall be necessary, for the purpose of reviving, either wholly or partially, any enactment wholly or partially repealed, expressly to state that purpose.

(2) This section applies also to all 2[Central Acts] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “Acts of the Governor-General in Council”.
  2. 2.Subs., ibid., for “Acts of the Governor-General in Council”.

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