Section 5. Coming into operation of enactments

5. Coming into operation of enactments. —[2] [(1) Where any Central Act is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, then it shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the assent,— (a) in the case of a Central Act made before the commencement of the Constitution, of the Governor-General, and (b) in the case of an Act of Parliament, of the President.] 3* * * * * (3) Unless the contrary is expressed, a[4] [Central Act] or Regulation shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding its commencement. 5A . [ Coming into operation of Governor-General's Act .] Rep. by the A.O . 1947. Earlier it was inserted by A.O . 1937.