Mode of exercise of legislative power

(1) The power of the National Assembly to make laws shall be exercised by Bills passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives (or in the exercise of cases mentioned in sections 78 and 79 of this Constitution by the House of legislative Representatives) and assented to by the Governor- General powers. (2) When a Bill is submitted to the Governor-General for assent in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution he shall signify that he assents or that he withholds assent thereto. (3) When the Governor-General assents to a Bill that has been submitted to him in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution the Bill shall become law and the Governor- General shall thereupon cause it to be published in the Gazette as law. (4) No law made by the National Assembly shall come into operation until it has been assented to by the Governor-General but the National Assembly may postpone the coming into operation of any such law and may make laws with retrospective effect. (5) All laws made by the National Assembly shall be styled “Acts”.