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 A law assented to by the Officer Administering the Government shall come into operation on the date of its publication in the Gazette or on such other date as may be specified in or under that or some other law.

As soon as may be after any Bill has been assented to by the Officer Administering the Government, the Clerk of Parliament shall cause a fair copy of the Act, duly authenticated by, the signature of the Officer Administering the Government and the public seal, to be enrolled on record in the Office of the Registrar of the High Court and such copy shall be conclusive evidence of the provisions of such Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a law of the Legislature may provide that a revised edition of the laws in force on any specified date shall be compiled and published and that, upon publication, the laws therein printed shall in all courts of justice and for all purposes whatever be the sole and authentic version of such laws and be conclusive evidence thereof. The Officer Administering the Government shall cause a duly authenticated copy of any such revised edition of the laws to be deposited in the Office of the Registrar of the High Court. The validity of any Act of the Legislature or of any revised edition of the laws shall not depend upon the enrolment or deposit thereof under the provisions of this section. Part 4—Summoning, Prorogation and Dissolution

Subject to the provisions of this section, the sessions of Parliament shall be held in such place and shall begin at such time as the Officer Administering the Government may direct by proclamation in the Gazette. There shall be a session of Parliament beginning in every calendar year, so that a period of more than twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of Parliament in any one session and its first sitting in the next session.

The Officer Administering the Government may at any time, by proclamation in the Gazette, prorogue Parliament. The Officer Administering the Government, acting in his discretion in the manner prescribed by section 50, may at any time, by proclamation in the Gazette, dissolve Parliament. The Officer Administering the Government shall dissolve Parliament at the expiration of five years from the date when Parliament first meets after any general election unless it has been sooner dissolved. 21