8. Coming into operation of written law

Any written law which is expressed to come into operation on a particular day shall come into operation on the expiration of the previous day.

Subsection (1) applies also to the day proclaimed, notified or otherwise appointed as the day as from which any written law shall come into force; and the expression “otherwise appointed” shall include the provisions for commencement made by sections 16 and 18.

Where a written law is to come into operation on a day specified by a notification made under the written law, the notification may specify different days for different provisions of the written law to come into operation.