Section 17: Substitution of functionaries.

The General Clauses Act, 1897Central Act · Act 10 of 1897

(1) In any [Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating the application of a law to every person or number of persons for the time being executing the functions of an office, to mention the official title of the officer at present executing the functions, or that of the officer by whom the functions are commonly executed.

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

Where this provision sits

Act	The General Clauses Act, 1897
Section	17
Marginal note	Substitution of functionaries.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	2

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor General in Council".
substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Acts of the Governor General in Council".

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