General Clauses Act, 1897

This authoritative volume compiles the complete text of the General Clauses Act, 1897, augmented with professional annotations, cross-references to leading statutes and a concise commentary on practical application. The Act supplies the standard language and interpretive rules used throughout legislative drafting and statutory interpretation—defining common terms, explaining how Acts commence and cease to operate, setting rules for computation of time, clarifying how gender and number affect construction, and outlining the legal effect of repeals, savings and references to other laws. Each provision is followed by an explanation of typical use-cases, citation pointers to major Acts that rely on the General Clauses framework, and short practice notes for application in litigation, advisory and drafting contexts. Carefully indexed for fast lookup and including an easy-to-scan glossary of commonly used definitions (e.g., “month”, “person”, “writing”, “month”), the edition helps minimize interpretive errors and speeds legal research. Ideal as a desk companion for courts, law offices, government departments and university libraries, this book brings clarity to the everyday task of reading and applying statutory provisions across India’s legislative corpus.