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Section 5: Coming into operation of enactment

The Karnataka General Clauses Act, 1899State Act of Karnataka · Act 3 of 1899

2[(1) 1[ Where any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act]1 is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, then,

1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973.

2. Substituted by Act 12 of 1953.

(i) in case of a Mysore Act made before the commencement of the Constitution, it shall be deemed to have come into operation on the day on which it received the assent of the Maharaja;

(ii) in the case of a Mysore Act made after the commencement of the Constitution and before the commencement of the Mysore General Clauses (Amendment) Act, 1953, it shall be deemed to have come into operation on the day in which it received the assent of the Rajpramukh or the President, as the case may require;

(iii) in the case of the Mysore Act made after the commencement of the Mysore General Clauses (Amendment) Act, 1953, 1[and before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 shall be deemed to have come into operation]1 on the date on which the assent thereto of the Rajpramukh or the President, as the case may require, is first published in the official Gazette.]2

1. Adapted by the Mysore Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956 w.e.f. 1.11.1956.

1[(iv) 2[in the case of a Karnataka Act]2, it shall come into operation on the day on which the assent thereto of the Governor or the President, as the case may require, is first published in the official Gazette.]1

1. Adapted by the Mysore Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956 w.e.f. 1.11.1956.

2. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptation of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973.

(2) Unless the contrary is expressed, an Act shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding its commencement.

1899: KAR. ACT 3] The Karnataka General Clauses Act, 1899 17 2[(3) In every Act referred to in clause (iii) 1[or clause (iv)]1 of sub-section

(1), the date of publication in the official Gazette shall be printed either above or below the title of the Act and shall form part of the Act.]2

1. Adapted by the Mysore Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956 w.e.f. 1.11.1956.

2. Added by Act 12 of 1953.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka General Clauses Act, 1899
Section5
Marginal noteComing into operation of enactment
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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