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ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 1994 (NO. 14 OF 1994) - SECT 2

Commencement

2. (1) Sections 1 and 2 of this Act commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.

(2) Subject to subsections (5), (6), (7) and (8), sections 22 and 23 of this Act commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette .

(3) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day, or respective days, fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette .

(4) If a provision referred to in subsection (3) has not commenced before the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette , that provision, by force of this subsection, commences on the first day after the end of that period.

(5) Part XIII of the amended Act commences on the day after the day on which the result of the first election under that Act is declared under section 183.

(6) Part XVI of the amended Act commences on the day on which Part VI of that Act commences.

(7) The remaining new provisions commence on a day, or respective days, fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette .

(8) If a provision referred to in subsection (7) has not commenced before the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette , that provision, by force of this subsection, commences on the first day after the end of that period.

(9) In this section—

“amended Act” means the Principal Act as amended by this Act;
“new provision” means a provision inserted in the Principal Act by section 22 or 23 of this Act.



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