Clause 52

Whenever any expression of time occurs in any written law or in any instrument whatsoever and whenever the doing or not doing anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, such time shall, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, be held to be standard time as declared by this section.

The expression “standard time” means standard time as used in Singapore, namely, seven and a half hours, or such other period as may from time to time be determined by the President by notification in the Gazette, in advance of Greenwich Mean Time.