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This Act may be cited as the Acts Enumeration Act 1947 .
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This Act changes how State Acts are numbered: from 1 January 1948 onward they are numbered by calendar year and a new numbering series starts each year, and for the purposes of this rule and s13 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 an Act is treated as passed in the year its Bill was agreed to by both Houses (s2(1)–(3)). It affects parliamentary drafters, statute publishers and anyone citing laws; it requires administrative updates to citation, printing and record-keeping and imposes minimal direct costs.
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This Act may be cited as the Acts Enumeration Act 1947 .
(1) Notwithstanding any law or practice to the contrary, the Acts of Parliament of this State shall, after 1st January 1948, be numbered according to the secular or calendar year, and not according to the year of His Majesty's reign.
(2) A new series of numbers shall be commenced with the first Act passed in each successive year.
(3) *[Section 2 Subsection (3) added by No. 48 of 1953, s. 2 ]*Notwithstanding any law, rule of law, or practice to the contrary, for the purposes only of this section and of section 13 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 an Act shall be deemed to be passed in the year in which the Bill for that Act is agreed to (whether with or without amendment) by both Houses of Parliament.
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This Act may be cited as the Acts Enumeration Act 1947 .
(1) Notwithstanding any law or practice to the contrary, the Acts of Parliament of this State shall, after 1st January 1948, be numbered according to the secular or calendar year, and not according to the year of His Majesty's reign.
(2) A new series of numbers shall be commenced with the first Act passed in each successive year.
(3) *[Section 2 Subsection (3) added by No. 48 of 1953, s. 2 ]*Notwithstanding any law, rule of law, or practice to the contrary, for the purposes only of this section and of section 13 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 an Act shall be deemed to be passed in the year in which the Bill for that Act is agreed to (whether with or without amendment) by both Houses of Parliament.