Week 15 General Clauses Act 1897 Sec 25 to 31

 25. Recovery of fines - Sections 63 to 70 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and the provision s of the Code of Criminal Procedure (5 of 1898) for the time being in force in relation to the issue and the execution of warrants for the levy of fines shall apply to al fines imposed under any Act, Regulation, rule or bye-law, unless the Act, Regulation, rule or bye-law contains and express provision to the contrary. 26. Provisions as to offences punishable under two or more enactments - Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under two or more enactments, then the offender shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished under either or any of those enactments, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence. 27. Meaning of service by post - Where any (Central Act) or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act authorizes of requires any document to be served by post, where the expression "serve" or either of the expressions "give" or "send" or any other expression in used, then, unless a different intention appears, the service shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing pre-paying and posting by registered post, a letter containing the document, and unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. 28. Citation of enactments - (1) any (Central Act) or Regulation, and in any rule, bye-law, instrument or document, made under, or with reference to any such Act or Regulation, any enactment may be cited by reference to the title or short title (if any) conferred thereon or by reference to the number and year thereof, and any provision in an enactment may be cited by reference to the section or sub-section of the enactment in which the provision is contained. 29. Saving for previous enactment, rules any bye-laws - The provisions of this Act respecting the construction of Acts, Regulations, rules or bye-laws made after the commencement of this Act shall not affect the construction of any Act, Regulation, rule or bye-law made before the commencement of this Act, although the Act, Regulation, rule or bye-law is continued or amended by an Act, Regulation, rule or bye-law made after the commencement of this Act. 30. Application of Act to Ordinances – In this Act the expression (Central Act) wherever it occurs, except in section 5 and the word "Act" in clauses (9), (13), (25), (40), (43), (52), and (54) of section 3 and in section 25 shall be deemed to include an Ordinance made and promulgated by the Governor General under Section 23 of the Indian Councils Act, 1861 (24 and 25 V ict., c-67) or section 72 of the Government of India Act, 1915, (5 and 5 Geo. V. c 61) or section 42) of the Government of India Act, 1935 (25 Geo. V. c 2) and an Ordinance promulgated by the President under article 123 of the Constitution. 30A. Application of Act to Acts made by the Governor General – (Rep. by the A.O. 1937). 31. Construction of references to Local Government of a Province - (Rep. by the A.O. 1937).

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