THE GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1897 The Salient features of the GCA, 1897 *An Act to consolidate and extend the General Clauses Acts, 1868 and 1887 [11th March, 1897] *Article 367(1) of the Constitution says that unless the context otherwise requires, the General Clauses Act, 1897, shall, subject to any adaptations and modifications that may be made therein under Article 372, apply for the interpretation of this Constitution. * The General Clauses Act, 1897 is applicable for the interpretation of the Constitution of India as well as of an Act of the Legislature. *Section 3 explains about GENERAL DEFINITIONS for certain important words as follows;- 1. "Abet", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall have the same meaning as in the IPC from Sections 107 to 120. Additionally, there are two more Sections 305 and 306 dealing with the same. The first two sections out of the above, Sections 107 and 108, define 'abetment of a thing' and 'abettor‟ respecti...