law: General Clauses Act, 1897
  4. Application of foregoing definitions to previous
  
  enactment
  (1) The definitions in section 3 of the following words and
  
  expressions, that is to say, "affidavit", "barrister", 10[*
  
  * *] "District Judge", "father", 3[* * *] 11[* * *] 3[* *
  
  *] "immovable property", "imprisonment", 3[* * *]
  
  "Magistrate", "month", "movable property",
  
  "oath", "person", "section", "son",
  
  "swear", "will", and "year" apply also, unless
  
  there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, to all 12[Central Acts]
  
  made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all regulations made on or
  
  after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.
  (2) The definitions in the said section of the following words
  
  and expressions, that is to say, "abet", "chapter",
  
  "commencement", "financial year", "local
  
  authority", "master", "offence", "part",
  
  "public nuisance", "registered", "schedule",
  
  "ship", "sign", "sub-section" and
  
  "writing" apply also, unless there is anything repugnant in the
  
  subject or context, to all 13[Central Acts] and Regulations made on or after
  
  the fourteenth day of January, 1887.