Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Time of commencement of written law
(1)
A written law or a provision of a written law comes into operation —
(a)
where a particular day for its coming into operation is specified by the written law or by a notification made under the written law — on the expiration of the previous day; or
(b)
where the day of its coming into operation is the date of its publication in the Gazette — on the expiration of the previous day.
(2)
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.