Section 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.]
(3) Unless the contrary is expressed, a 4 [Central Act] or Regulation shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding its commencement.
Section 6. Effect of repeal.—
Where this Act, or any [Central Act] or Regulation made after the
commencement of this Act, repeals any enactment hitherto made or hereafter to be made, then, unless a
different intention appears, the repeal shall not--
(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect; or
(b) affect the previous operation of any enactment so repealed or anything duly done or suffered
thereunder; or
(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any
enactment so repealed; or
(d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed
against any enactment so repealed; or
(e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege,
obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid;
and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any
such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if the repealing Act or Regulation had not been
passed.
Section 7. Revival of repealed enactments.—
(1) In any [Central Act] or Regulation made after the
commencement of this Act, it shall be necessary, for the purpose of reviving, either wholly or partially,
any enactment wholly or partially repealed, expressly to state that purpose.
(2) This section applies also to all [Central Acts] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all
Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.
Section 8. Construction of references to repealed enactments.—
[(1)] Where this Act, or any [Central
Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, repeals and re-enacts, with or without
modification, any provision of a former enactment, then references in any other enactment or in any
instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as
references to the provision so re-enacted.
[(2) [Where before the fifteenth day of August, 1947, any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
repealed and re-enacted], with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then
reference in any [Central Act] or in any Regulation or instrument to the provision so repealed shall,
unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.]
Section 9. Commencement and termination of time.—
(1) In any [Central Act] or Regulation made after
the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of excluding the first in a series of
days or any other period of time, to use the word “from”, and, for the purpose of including the last in a
series of days or any other period of time, to use the word “to”.
(2) This section applies also to all 2
[Central Acts] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all
Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.
Section 10. Computation of time.—
(1) Where, by any [Central Act] or Regulation made after the
commencement of this Act, any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken in any Court
or office on a certain day or within a prescribed period, then, if the Court or office is closed on that day or
the last day of the prescribed period, the act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due
time if it is done or taken on the next day afterwards on which the Court or office is open:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any act or proceeding to which the 6
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Limitation Act, 1877 (15 of 1877), applies.
(2) This section applies also to all [Central Acts] and Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day
of January, 1887.
Section 11. Measurement of distances.—
In the measurement of any distance, for the purposes of any [Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, that distance shall, unless a
different intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane.
Section 12. Duty to be taken pro rata in enactments.—
Where, by any enactment now in force or hereafter
to be in force, any duty of customs or excise, or in the nature thereof, is leviable on any given quantity, by
weight, measure or value of any goods or merchandise, then a like duty is leviable according to the same
rate on any greater or less quantity.
Section 13. Gender and number.—
In all [Central Acts] and Regulations, unless there is anything repugnant
in the subject or context,—
(1) words importing the masculine gender shall be taken to include females; and
(2) words in the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa.
