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Section 49 — “Year” and “month”

As in force on 1 January 2020.

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49.“Year” and “month”

Wherever the word “year” or “month” is used, it is to be understood that the year or the month is to be reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 49]