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Section 5(1) of the General Clauses Act provides the default rule for the commencement of an Act. Where any Central Act is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, it shall come into operation on:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 5(1) provides that where any Central Act is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, it shall come into operation **on the day on which it receives the assent**:
2. (a) in the case of a **Central Act made before the commencement of the Constitution**, the assent of the **Governor-General**, and
3. (b) in the case of an **Act of Parliament**, the assent of the **President**.
4. Section 5(3) clarifies that, unless the contrary is expressed, a Central Act or Regulation shall be construed as coming into operation **immediately on the expiration of the day preceding** its commencement — so it is in force from the very first instant of the commencement day.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 4, 'Coming into operation of enactment (Section 5)', p. 108._
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