How does a Proclamation of Emergency affect the operation of laws made during an emergency?
A Proclamation of Emergency affects the operation of laws made during an emergency by suspending the provisions of article 19. This means that while the Proclamation is in operation, the State can make any law or take any executive action which it would not normally be competent to make or take under Part III of the Constitution. Any such law will cease to have effect as soon as the Proclamation ceases to operate, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the law so ceases to have effect.