Section 3. In all Acts made by the Governor General of India in Council after this Act shall have come into operation:

3. In all Acts made by the Governor General of India in Council after this Act shall have come into operation:— (1.) For the purpose of reviving, either wholly or partially, a Statute, Act or Regulation/repealed, it shall be necessary expressly to state such purpose; (2.) For the purpose of excluding the first in a series of days or any other period of time, it shall be sufficient to use the word "from"; (3.) For the purpose of including the last in a series of days or any other period of time, it shall be sufficient to use the word "to"; (4.) For the purpose of expressing that a law relative to the chief or superior of an office, shall apply to the deputies or subordinates lawfully executing the duties of such office in the place of their superior, it shall be sufficient to prescribe the duty of the superior; (5.) For the purpose of indicating the relation of a law to the successors of any functionaries, or of corporations having perpetual succession, it shall be sufficient to express its relation to the functionaries or corporations; and the official title of the officer at present executing such functions, or that of the officer by whom the functions are commonly executed.