Section 42:
Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid before Parliament.
(1) Every Statute, Ordinance or Regulation made under this Act shall be
published in the Official Gazette.
(2) Every Statute, Ordinance or Regulation made under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as may be
after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days
which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry
of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree
in making any modification in the Statute, Ordinances or Regulations or both Houses agree that the
Statute, Ordinances or Regulations should not be made, the Statute, Ordinances or Regulations shall
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however,
that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously
done under the Statute, Ordinances or Regulations.
(3) The power to make Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations shall include the power to give
retrospective effect, from a date not earlier than the date of commencement of this Act, to the Statutes,
Ordinances or Regulations or any of them but no retrospective effect shall be given to any Statutes,
Ordinances or Regulations so as to prejudicially affect the interests of any person to whom such Statutes,
Ordinances or Regulations may be applicable.