Section 9 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 – Commencement and termination of time

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Section 9: Commencement and termination of time

  • (1) In any 1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of excluding the first in a series of days or any other period of time, to use the word “from”, and, for the purpose of including the last in a series of days or any other period of time, to use the word “to”.
  • (2) This section applies also to all 2[Central Acts] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

Source: official text of The General Clauses Act, 1897 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the General Clauses Act, 1897.

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