Section 5: Coming into operation of enactments.

The General Clauses Act, 1897Central Act · Act 10 of 1897

[(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.

Where this provision sits

Act	The General Clauses Act, 1897
Section	5
Marginal note	Coming into operation of enactments.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	4

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (1).
omitted. . Sub-section (2) omitted, ibid.
substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor-General in Council".

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