Section 7: Revival of repealed enactments.

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Act, it shall be necessary, for the purpose of reviving, either wholly or partially, any enactment wholly or partially repealed, expressly to state that purpose.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 [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	7
Marginal note	Revival of repealed enactments.
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 "Acts of the Governor-General in Council".
substituted. . Subs., ibid., for "Acts of the Governor-General in Council".

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