5(1)Where an enactment or regulation or any provision thereof is to come into force on a particular day, or on a day fixed by proclamation or otherwise, it shall be construed as coming into force immediately on the expiration of the previous day.
5(2)Where an enactment or regulation or any provision thereof is not to come into force immediately on its being passed or made and confers power
(a)
to make appointments,
(b)
to hold elections,
(c)
to make regulations,
(d)
to give notices,
(e)
to prescribe forms,
(f)
to do any other thing,
that power may, for the purpose of making the enactment or regulation or provision effective at the date of its coming into force, be exercised at any time after the passing of the enactment or the making of the regulation, subject to the restriction that a regulation made under the power shall not, unless the contrary is necessary for making the enactment or regulation or provision effective from its commencement, come into force until the enactment or regulation or provision comes into force.