notification
Meaning. A formal government announcement, published in the Official Gazette, that gives legal effect to a decision.
A notification is an official order or announcement published in the Official Gazette. Statutes use it to bring an Act or parts of it into force, to apply an Act to new areas or classes of persons, to exempt goods or persons, to fix rates, and to issue rules and regulations under delegated powers.
Where a statute requires a notification, publication in the Gazette is ordinarily essential, and an act cannot be enforced against a person before it is notified. Notifications are a form of delegated legislation and can be challenged on grounds such as excess of the parent Act's powers.
Example
The BNS came into force on 1 July 2024 by a notification issued by the Central Government under s.1(2).
In Indian law
- Section 3(39), General Clauses Act, 1897 (Official Gazette)
See also
delegated legislation · regulation · rule · statute
Read more in the study notes
- Administrative law: meaning, nature, scope, growth and sources (Administrative Law)
- Classification of administrative action (Administrative Law)
- Delegated legislation: meaning, growth, merits and administrative directions (Administrative Law)
- Excessive delegation, conditional legislation and sub-delegation (Administrative Law)
- Control of delegated legislation: parliamentary, procedural and judicial (Administrative Law)
- Reasoned decisions, exceptions to natural justice, effect of breach and Article 136 (Administrative Law)