Week 13 General Clauses Act 1897 Sec 14 to 19

14. Powers conferred to be exercisable from time to time – (1) Where, By any (Central Act) 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 occasions requires. This section applies also to all (Central Acts) and Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January 1887. 15. Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex officio - Where, by any (Central Act) 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 - Where, by any (Central Act) 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 or any other authority ) in exercise of that power. 17. Substitution of functionaries - (1) In any (Central Act) 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 function 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. This section applies also to all (Central Acts) made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887. 18. Successors - (1) In any (Central Act) 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. This section applies also to all (Central Acts) 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 - (1) In any (Central Act) 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 officer 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. This section applies also to all (Central Act) made after the third day of January, 186, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January 1887.

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