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Section 15: Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex-officio.

The Maharashtra General Clauses Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 1 of 1904

Where, by any Bombay Act [or Maharashtra Act] a power to appoint any person to fill any office or execute any function is conferred, then, unless it is otherwise expressly provided, any such appointment, if it is made after the commencement of this Act, may be made either by name or by virtue of office.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra General Clauses Act.
Section15
Marginal notePower to appoint to include power to appoint ex-officio.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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.

  • inserted. These words were inserted by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.

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