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Interpretation and General Clauses

[1989 Ed.

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PART IV

COMMENCEMENT, DISALLOWANCE, AMENDMENT AND REPEAL

20. Commencement of Ordinance

Every Ordinance shall--

(a) be published in the Gazette; and

(b) come into operation on the expiration of the day next preceding the day of such publication or, if it is provided in the Ordinance or in some other law that such Ordinance shall come into operation on some other day, then it shall come into operation on the expiration of the day next preceding such other day.

21. Disallowance

(1) Where any Ordinance is disallowed by Her Majesty, such disallowance shall be notified by the Governor by notice in the Gazette; and from and after the date of publication of such notice the Ordinance shall cease to have effect.

(2) Where notice of disallowance of any Ordinance is notified in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), the provisions of section 23 shall apply in respect of such disallowance as if the words "disallowance" and "disallowed" were substituted therein for the words "repeal" and "repealed" respectively.

(3) Any Ordinance repealed or amended by any Ordinance disallowed shall revive and continue in force in its original form with effect from the date of publication of the notice referred to in subsection (1).

22. Ordinance and amending Ordinance to be read as one

Any Ordinance which amends any other Ordinance shall be read and construed as one with the amended Ordinance, and the amended Ordinance may, in the amending Ordinance, be referred to as the "principal Ordinance", "principal regulations" or as the case may be.

23. Effect of repeal generally

Where an Ordinance repeals in whole or in part any other Ordinance, the repeal shall not-

(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect;

(b) affect the previous operation of any Ordinance so repealed or anything duly done or suffered under any Ordinance so repealed;