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Date of passing of Acts of the Oireachtas.
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8.—(1) The date of the passing of every Act of the Oireachtas shall be the date of the day on which the Bill for such Act is signed by the President.
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(2) Immediately after the passing of every Act of the Oireachtas, the Clerk of Dáil Eireann shall endorse on such Act, immediately after the title thereof, the date of the passing of such Act, and such date shall be taken to be part of such Act.
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(3) Every enactment contained in an Act of the Oireachtas shall, unless the contrary intention is expressed in such Act, be deemed to be in operation as from the end of the day before the date of the passing of such Act.
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(4) This section shall not apply to this Act or to any other Act of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann which is expressed to come into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Constitution, and accordingly the expression “Act of the Oireachtas” shall not in this section include any such Act of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann.
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