3(1)The clerk of the Legislative Assembly shall endorse on every Act of the Legislature, immediately after the title of such Act, the day, month and year when the same was assented to by the Lieutenant-Governor, or reserved; in the latter case the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly shall also endorse thereon the day, month and year when the Lieutenant-Governor signifies either by speech or message to the Legislative Assembly, or by proclamation, that the same was laid before the Governor-General in Council, and that the Governor-General in Council was pleased to assent thereto.

3(2)The endorsement is part of the Act, and the date of the assent or signification is the date of the commencement of the Act, if no other commencement is therein provided.