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Acts Interpretation Act 1948

Authoritative Version
  • - C1948A00079
  • No longer in force
Act No. 79 of 1948 as made
An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1947.
Date of Assent 17 Dec 1948
Date of repeal 24 Jun 2014
Repealed by Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Act 2014

ACTS INTERPRETATION.

 

No. 79 of 1948.

An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1947.

[Assented to 17th December, 1948.]

[Date of commencement, 14th January, 1949.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Act 1948.

(2.)  The Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1947*, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1948.

Reckoning of time.

2.   Section thirty-six of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1947 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(2.)  Where the last day of any period prescribed or allowed by an Act for the doing of anything falls on a Saturday, on a Sunday or on a day which is a public holiday or a bank holiday in the place in which the thing is to be or may be done, the thing may be done on the first day following which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday or bank holiday in that place.”.