State Act

THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1982

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In this Act and in all enactments, unless the context otherwise requires :— (1) “abet”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall have the same meaning as in the Indian Penal Code ; (2) “act”, used with reference to an offence or a civil wrong, shall include a series of acts as well as a single act, and words which refer to acts done extend also to illegal omissions ; (3) “Administrator” means the Administrator of Arunachal Pradesh appointed by the President of India under provision of Article 239 of the Constitution ; (4) “affidavit” means a statement in writing, signed by the person making it and confirmed by oath ; (5) “Arunachal Pradesh” means the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh as formed under Section 7 of the North Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971 ; (6) “Arunachal Pradesh Act” means an Act passed by the Legislature of Arunachal Pradesh ; (7) “Arunachal Pradesh enactment” means the Arunachal Pradesh Act and includes the Arunachal Pradesh Ordinance and Regulation as hereinafter defined ; (8) “Arunachal Pradesh Ordinance” means an Ordinance promulgated by the Administrator under Article 239 B of the Constitution ; (9) “Attested” in relation to a document, means attested by a witness who has seen the executant sign the document or has received from the executant a personal acknowledgement of his signature, and who has signed the document in the presence of the executant, but no particular form of attestation shall be necessary ; (10) “Central Act” means an Act of Parliament, and includes,— (a) an Act of the Dominion Legislature or of the Indian Legislature passed before the commencement of the Constitution ; and (b) an Act passed before such commencement, by the Governor-General-in-Council or the Governor-General, acting in a legislative capacity ; (11) “Central Government” ; (a) in relation to anything done before the commencement of the Constitution, means the Governor-General or the Governor-General-in-Council, as the case may be, and includes,— (i) in relation to functions entrusted under sub-section (1) of Section 124 of the Government of India Act, 1935, to the Government of a Province, the Provincial Government acting within the scope of the authority given to it under that sub-section ; and (ii) in relation to the administration of a Chief Commissioner’s Province, the Chief Commissioner acting within the scope of the authority given to him under sub-section (3) of Section 94 of the said Act ; and (b) in relation to anything done or to be done after the commencement of the Constitution, means the President, and includes, in relation to the administration of a Union territory, the Administrator thereof acting within the scope of the authority given to him under Article 239 of the Constitution ; (12) “Chapter” means a chapter of the enactment in which the word occurs ; (13) “child” in the case of any one whose personal law permits adoption, includes an adopted child ; (14) “clause” occuring in a section which has no sub-section, means a sub-division of that section, and occurring in a sub-section means a sub-division of that sub-section ; (15) “Collector” means the Chief Officer incharge of the revenue administration of a district and includes a Deputy Commissioner ; (16) “commencement” used with reference to an enactment, means the day on which the enactment comes into force ; (17) “Commissioner” means the Chief Officer incharge of the revenue administration of a division ; (18) “Constitution” means the Constitution of India ; (19) “Consular Officer” includes consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent, pro-consul and any other person for the time being authorised to perform the duties of a consul-general, consul, vice-consul or consulars agent ; (20) “daughter” in the case of any one whose personal law permits adoption, includes an adopted daughter ; (21) “day” means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at mid-night ; (22) “Deputy Commissioner” means the Chief Officer incharge of the general administration of a district ; (23) “District Court” means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, but does not include the High Court in the exercise of its ordinary or extra-ordinary original civil jurisdiction ; (24) “District Judge” means the Judge of a district court, and includes an Additional District Judge ; (25) “document” includes any matter written, expressed or described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of those means which is intended to be used, or which may be used, for the purpose of recording that matter ; (26) “enactment” means the Arunachal Pradesh enactment and includes any provision contained therein ; (27) “father” in the case of any one whose personal law permits adoption, includes an adoptive father ; (28) “financial year” means the year commencing on the first day of April ; (29) “good faith”, a thing shall be deemed to be done in good faith, where it is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not ; (30) “Government” or “the Government” includes the State Government as well as the Central Government ; (31) “Government of Arunachal Pradesh” means the Administrator ; (32) “Government securities” means securities of the Central Government or of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh or of any State Government ; (33) “High Court” means the Gauhati High Court (The High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura) ; (34) “immovable property” includes land, benefis to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth ; (35) “imprisonment” means imprisonment of either description as defined in the Indian Penal Code ; (36) “judicial proceeding” means any proceeding in the course of which evidence is, or may be, legally taken ; (37) “local authority” means a municipal corporation, a municipality, a municipal committee, a local or district board or any other authority legally entitled to, or entrusted by the Government with the control or management of a municipal or local fund ; (38) “local law” means a law applicable only to a particular part of Arunachal Pradesh ; (39) “Magistrate” includes every person exercising all or any of the powers of a Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 or under any other law, for the time being in force relating to criminal procedure ; (40) “master” used with reference to a ship, means every person (except a pilot or harbourmaster) having, for the time being, control or charge of the ship ; (41) “month” means a month reckoned according to the British Calender ; (42) “movable property” means property of every description except immovable property ; (43) “notification” means a notification in the Official Gazette ; (44) “oath” includes an affirmation and a declaration in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing ; (45) “offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force ; (46) “Official Gazette” means the Official Gazette of Arunachal Pradesh ; (47) “Part” means a part of the enactment in which the word occurs ; (48) “person” includes any company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not ; (49) “place” includes also a house, building, tent, vehicle and vessel ; (50) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under an enactment in which the word occurs ; (51) “public” includes any class or section of the public ; (52) “public nuisance” means a public nuisance as defined in the Indian Penal Code ; (53) “registered” used with reference to a document, means registered in India under the law for the time being in force for the registration of documents ; (54) “Regulation” means a Regulation made by the President under Article 240 of the Constitution and includes a Regulation made by the Central Government under the Government of India Act, 1870, or the Government of India Act, 1915, or the Government of India Act, 1935 ; (55) “rule” means rule made in exercise of a power conferred by any enactment and includes a regulation made as a rule under any enactment ; (56) “schedule” means a schedule to the enactment in which the word occurs ; (57) “section” means a section of the enactment in which the word occurs ; (58) “ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not exclusively propelled by oars ; (59) “sign” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, with reference to a person who is unable to write his name, includes “mark” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions ; (60) “son” in the case of any one whose personal law permits adoption, includes an adopted son ; (61) “special law” means a law applicable to a particular subject only ; (62) “State” means a State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution, and includes a Union territory ; (63) “sub-section” means a sub-section of a section in which the word occurs ; (64) “swear” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes affirming and declaring in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing ; (65) “Union territory” means any Union territory specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution and includes any other territory comprised within the territory of India but not specified in that schedule ; (66) “vessel” includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation ; (67) “will” includes codicil and every writing making a voluntary posthumous disposition of property ; (68) “writing” expression referring to “writing” shall be construed as including reference to printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form ; and (69) “year” means a year reckoned according to the British Calendar.