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Section 39D: No offence committed

Interpretation and General Clauses Act

This section is inserted by COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, section 28.

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39D. No offence committed Where, under an enactment, a time is imposed on a person to do or refrain from doing an act or thing and the time for doing or refraining from doing the act or thing expires, or falls wholly or partly during, the COVID-19 period, that person shall, notwithstanding that enactment, be deemed not to have committed an offence where he failed to do or refrained from doing the act or thing, provided that the act or thing is done not later than such period as may be prescribed by regulations under that enactment.

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