INTERPRETATION ACT

Section 15: Time.

1964Section 15 of 39Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A reference in an enactment to the time of day is a reference to the time which is one hour in advance of Greenwich mean time.
(2) A reference in an enactment to a period of days shall be construed-
(a) where the period is reckoned from a particular event, as excluding the day on which the event occurs;
(b) where apart from this paragraph the last day of the period is a holiday, as continuing until the end of the next following day which is not a holiday.
(3) Where by an enactment any act is authorised or required to be done on a particular day and that day is a holiday, it shall be deemed to be duly done if it is done on the next following day which is not a holiday.
(4) Where by an enactment any act is authorised or required to be done within a particular period which does not exceed six days, holidays shall be left out of account in computing the period.
(5) In this section "holiday" means a day which is a Sunday or a public holiday.

Cite this section

Section 15, INTERPRETATION ACT (1964).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/interpretation-act/section/15/