General Clauses Act, 1897
18. Successors
(1) In any 12[Central Act] or Regulation made after the
commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating
the relation of a law to the successors of any functionaries or of corporations
having perpetual succession, to express its relation to the functionaries or
corporations.
(2) This section applies also 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.