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Saving of previous enactments, rules and bye-laws. 33 Application of Act to Ordinances and Regulations. *Published in the A<>sam G azette on the 19th January, 1916. [ 785 1 8 ALA-99 786 North-Easterll Region Local Acf3 & R11les An Ac for shortening the language used in Assam Acts, and for other purposes [S Whecas it is expedient to provide for the iott>rpretation of ksam Acts, for sh~ rt dliog the language used therein and for making certain other provi· sions rela:ing to such Acts ~ It is aereby enacted as follows ; Preliminary I. Short title and commencement. 1his Act may be ca lled the Assam G .nera l Clauses Act, 1915. NOIES Section 1. The General Clauses Act of 1897 (the Central Act) was enacted with the object to place in one single statute different provisions as rega •;d~ interpretationq of words and legal principles which would otherwise have tc1 be specified separately in many different Acts and Regulations. Whate\Ver the General Clauses Act says, whether as t egards the meaning of wo rds o r- as regards legal principles, bas to be read into every statute to which it applies. [Chief inspector of Mine3 v. Karam Chand Thapar, AIR 1961 fL.:; ts3~l- This Central Act is a consolidating and amending Act [NibaJ ·onChandrav. Mahendranath, AIR 1963 SC