Provision - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of word Provision The Century Dictionary (which is an encyclopaedic lexicon of the English language) defines Provision as follows,- In law, a stipulation; a rule provided; a distinct clause in an instrument or statute; a rule or principle to be referred for guidance; as, the provisions of law; the provisions of the Constitution. In Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition) the definition is as follows:- As applied to legislation, the word provision has this well-understood meaning: Actual expression in language - the clothing of legislative ideas in words which can be pointed out on the page and read with the eye. A provision is therefore a distinct rule or principle of law in a statute which governs the situation covered by it. So an incomplete idea, even though stated in the form of a section of a statute, cannot be said to be a provision for, by its incompleteness, it cannot really be said to provide a whole rule or principle for observance by those concerned. A provision of law cannot therefore be said to exist if it is incomplete, for then it provides nothing. [CHETTIAM VEETTIL AMMAD VERSUS TALUK LAND BOARD- 1979 (5) TMI 149 - SUPREME COURT] Black s Law Dictionary (10th edition at page 1420) defines Provision as follows,, a clause in a statute, contract or other legal instrument LALIT KUMAR JAIN VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.- 2021 (5) TMI 743 - SUPREME COURT