Computation of time

(1) Where by this Act any limiting time from or after any date or event is appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, then in the computation of that limited time it shall be taken as exclusive of the day of that date or of the happening of that event, and as commencing at the beginning of the next following day; and the act or proceeding shall be done or taken at latest on the last day of that limited time as so computed, unless the last day is a Sunday, or any public or bank holiday, or a day on which the offices of the court are closed, in which case any act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next day afterwards, which shall not be one of the days in this section specified. (2) Where by this Act any act or proceeding is directed to be done or taken on a certain day, then if that day happens to 79 be one of the days in this section specified, the act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next day afterwards, which shall not be one of the days in this section specified.