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BLS LLB 5 Years · Sem 9
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First published on munotes.in on 11 August 2026.
This edition revised 18 September 2026.
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The answers in this volume state the law as it stands today, not as it stood when the paper was set, and two changes matter here. Section 27 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, on service by post, is the most examined provision in this subject, and the Repealing and Amending Act, 2025 replaced "registered post" in it with "speed post with registration" from 20 December 2025, so every textbook printed before 2026 states the old words. And the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act were replaced on 1 July 2024 by the three Sanhitas of 2023, which matters because section 3(27) of the General Clauses Act still defines imprisonment by naming the Penal Code: it is section 8 of that same Act, on references to a repealed and re-enacted provision, that keeps the definition working. Where a question turns on a provision since replaced, the answer gives it as it then stood and the present position, and says which is which.
Contents
The questions below are the paper as the University of Mumbai set it at the Dec 2019 examination, in the order it was set.
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The Paper as Set
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Duration 3 hours · Total marks 100 · 25 questions answered
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(a)State with authority whether the General Clauses Act, 1897 applies for the interpretation of the Constitution.[2]
Answer
Yes, but only through Article 367, and not of its own force. Article 367(1) of the Constitution provides that, unless the context otherwise requires, the General Clauses Act, 1897 shall apply for the interpretation of this Constitution as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of the Legislature of the Dominion of India, subject to any adaptations and modifications that may be made therein under Article 372.
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