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Section 5: Coming into operation of enactments
1[(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.] 2**** *
- (3) Unless the contrary is expressed, a 3[Central Act] or Regulation shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding its commencement.
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