law: General Clauses Act, 1897
  10. Computation of time
  (1) Where, by any 12[Central Act ] or Regulation made after the
  
  commencement of this Act, any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be
  
  done or taken in any Court or office on a certain day or within a prescribed
  
  period, then, if the Court or office is closed on that day or the last day of
  
  the prescribed period, the act or proceedings shall be considered as done or
  
  taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next day afterwards on which
  
  the Court or office is open:
  PROVIDED that nothing in this section shall apply to
  
  any act or proceeding to which the 22[Indian Limitation Act, 1877 (15 of
  
  1877)], applies.
  (2) This section applies also to all 12[Central Acts] or Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.