LawgistThe General Clauses Act
9Commencement and termination of time
(1) In any 1[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.
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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Acts of the Governor-General in Council".
2. Subs., ibid., for "Acts of the Governor-General in Council".
GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
- 5 Coming into operation of enactments
- 5A [Repealed.]
- 6 Effect of repeal
- 6A Repeal of Act making textual amendment in Act or Regulation
- 7 Revival of repealed enactments
- 8 Construction of references to repealed enactments
- 9 Commencement and termination of time
- 10 Computation of time
- 11 Measurement of distances
- 12 Duty to be taken pro rata in enactments
- 13 Gender and number
- 13A [Repealed.]
