Section 8
Coming into operation of written law
of Interpretation and General Clauses Act
(1)
Any written law which is expressed to come into operation on a particular day shall come into operation on the expiration of the previous day.
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(2)
Subsection (1) applies also to the day proclaimed, notified or otherwise appointed as the day as from which any written law shall come into force; and the expression “otherwise appointed” shall include the provisions for commencement made by sections 16 and 18.
(3)
Where a written law is to come into operation on a day specified by a notification made under the written law, the notification may specify different days for different provisions of the written law to come into operation.