Section 9Commencement and termination of time

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9. Commencement and termination of time (1) In any [Act of Parliament] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of excluding the first in a series of days or any other period of time, to use the word "from", and, for the purpose of including the last in a series of days or any other period of time, to use the word "to". (2) This section applies also to all [Acts of Parliament] made after the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

1. 75. The words "Acts of Parliament" were substituted, for the words "Central Acts" by the General Clauses (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 147 of 1972), Article 8.