(1) In any enactment, and in any rule, byelaw, instrument or document, made under, or with reference to, any enactment, any enactment may be cited by reference to the title or short title (if any) conferred thereon or by reference to the number and year thereof, and any provision in an enactment may be cited by reference to the section or sub-section of the enactment in which the provision is contained.
(2) In this Act and in 1[any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act]1 made after the commencement of this Act, a description or citation of a portion of another enactment shall, unless a different intention appear, be constructed as including the word, section or other part mentioned or referred to as forming The Karnataka General Clauses Act, 1899 [1899: KAR. ACT 3 24 the beginning and as forming the end of the portion comprised in the description or citation.
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973.