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42. Mode of exercise of legislative power
(1) The power of Parliament to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by the National Assembly and assented to by the Governor-General.
(2) When a bill is submitted to the Governor-General for assent in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution he or she shall signify that he or she assents or that he or she withholds assent.
(3) When the Governor-General assents to a bill that has been submitted to him or her in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution the bill shall become law and the Governor-General shall thereupon cause it to be published in the Gazette as law.
(4) No law made by Parliament shall come into operation until it has been published in the Gazette but Parliament may postpone the coming into operation of any such law and may make laws with retrospective effect.