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Computation of time
Cap. 1, s. 55 · Revised Edition 2020
In computing time for the purposes of any Act time. 27 of 1985.
(a) a period of days from the happening of any event or the doing of any act or thing shall be deemed to be exclusive of the day on which the event happens or the act or thing is done;
(b) if the last day of the period is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday the period shall include the next following day, not being a public holiday;
(c) where any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken on a certain day, then if that day is Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next following day, not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday;
and
(d) where an act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken within any time not exceeding six days, no Saturday, Sunday or public holiday shall be reckoned in the computation of that time.
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