NYAYA SIGNAL
Maharashtra · 1904 · Section 5
Section 5 — Coming into operation of Bombay Acts or Maharashtra Acts.
The Maharashtra General Clauses Act.
5. Coming into operation of Bombay Acts 1[or Maharashtra Acts.].- 2[(1) Where any Bombay Act 3[or Maharashtra Act] is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, then,
(i) in the case of a Bombay Act made before the commencement of the Constitution, it shall come into operation, if it is an Act of the Legislature, on the day on which the assent thereto of the Governor, the Governor-General or His Majesty, as the case may require, is first published in the Official Gazette and, if it is an Act of the Governor, on the day on which it is first published as an Act in the Official Gazette ;
(ii) in the case of a Bombay Act 4[or Maharashtra Act] made after the commencement of the Constitution, it shall come into operation on the day on which the assent thereto of the Governor or the President, as the case may require, is first published in the Official Gazette.]
(2) Unless the contrary is expressed, a Bombay Act 5[or Maharashtra Act] be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding its commencement.
(i) in the case of a Bombay Act made before the commencement of the Constitution, it shall come into operation, if it is an Act of the Legislature, on the day on which the assent thereto of the Governor, the Governor-General or His Majesty, as the case may require, is first published in the Official Gazette and, if it is an Act of the Governor, on the day on which it is first published as an Act in the Official Gazette ;
(ii) in the case of a Bombay Act 4[or Maharashtra Act] made after the commencement of the Constitution, it shall come into operation on the day on which the assent thereto of the Governor or the President, as the case may require, is first published in the Official Gazette.]
(2) Unless the contrary is expressed, a Bombay Act 5[or Maharashtra Act] be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding its commencement.
Source notes
1. These words were inserted by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.2. This sub-section was substituted for the original sub-section by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
3. These words were inserted by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.
4. These words were inserted by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.
5. These words were inserted by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.