law: General Clauses Act, 1897
  9. Commencement and termination of time
  (1) In any 13[Central Act] or Regulation made after the
  
  commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of excluding
  
  the first in a series of days or any other period of time to use the word
  
  "from", and, for the purpose of including the last in a series of
  
  days or any other period of time, to use the word "to".
  (2) This section applies also to all 12[Central Acts] made after
  
  the third day of January, 1868, and to all Regulations made on or after the
  
  fourteenth day of January, 1887.