Interpretation Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · General Provisions Regarding Written Law
10. Time of commencement of written law
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written law
“written law” means the Constitution and all previous Constitutions having application to Singapore and all Acts, Ordinances and enactments by whatever name called and subsidiary legislation made thereunder for the time being in force in Singapore;
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
where the day of its coming into operation is the date of its publication in the Gazette — on the expiration of the previous day.
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.