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The General Clauses Act, 1897
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The General Clauses Act, 1897

CHAPTER IV : POWES AND FUNCTIONARIES ( GCAct-1897 )
14. Powers conferred to be exercisable from time to time

14. (1) Where, by any 81[Act of Parliament] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, any power is conferred then, unless a different intention appears, that power may be exercised from time to time as occasion requires.

 
 

(2) This section applies also to all 82[Acts of Parliament] and Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

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

15. Where, by any 83[Act of Parliament] or Regulation, 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.

16. Power to appoint to include power to suspend or dismiss

16. Where, by any 84[Act of Parliament] or Regulation, a power to make any appointment is conferred, then unless a different intention appears, the authority having for the time being power to make the appointment shall also have power to suspend or dismiss any person appointed whether by itself of any other authority in exercise of that power.

17. Substitution of functionaries

17. (1) In any 85[Act of Parliament] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating the application of a law to every person or number of persons for the time being executing the functions of an office, to mention the official title of the officer at present executing the functions, or that of the officer by whom the functions are commonly executed.

 
 

(2) This section applies also to all 86[Acts of Parliament] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

18. Successors

18. (1) In any 87[Act of Parliament] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating the relation of a law to the successors of any functionaries or of corporations having perpetual succession, to express its relation to the functionaries or corporations.

 
 

(2) This section applies also to all 88[Acts of Parliament] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

19. Official chiefs and subordinates

19.(1) In any 89[Act of Parliament] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for

 
 

the purpose of expressing that a law relative to the chief or superior of an office shall apply to the deputies or subordinates lawfully performing the duties of that office in the place of their superior, to prescribe the duty of the superior.

 
 

(2) This section applies also to all 90[Acts of Parliament] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

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