(a)
a power to make or a power exercisable by making statutory
instruments; or
(b)
a power to make appointments; or
(c)
a power to do any other thing for the purposes of the provision in
question;
that power may be exercised at any time on or after the date of
publication of the Act in the Gazette:
Provided that an instrument, appointment or thing made or done under
that power shall not, unless it is necessary to bring the Act into force,
have any effect until the commencement of the Act.
(17) In computing time for the purposes of any provision of this
Constitution, unless a contrary intention is expressed(a)
a period of days from the happening of an 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 Sunday or a public holiday which
days are in this clause referred to as "excluded days" the period shall
include the next following day, not being an excluded day;
(c)
where any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or
taken on a certain day, then, if that day happens to be an excluded day
the act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due time if
it is done or taken the next day afterwards, not being an excluded day;
(d)
where an act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or
taken within any time not exceeding six days, excluded days shall not be
reckoned in the computation of the time.