Singapore legislation

Section 10

of Interpretation Act 1965

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.