5. Coming into operation of enactments
(1)
Where any Central Act is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, then it shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the assent,—
(a)
in the case of a Central Act made before the commencement of the Constitution, of the Governor-General, and
(b)
in the case of an Act of Parliament, of the President.
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(3)
Unless the contrary is expressed, a [Central Act] or Regulation shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding its commencement.
Amendment notes (3)
- Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (1).
- omitted . Sub-section (2) omitted, ibid.
- Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor-General in Council".