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Interpretation and General Clauses Act · s 23

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s 23Relation back of appointments

Any appointment may be declared to have effect as from the date upon which the appointee in fact commenced to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his appointment, not being a date earlier than the commencement of the written law under which the appointment is made.