Sheria kuanza kutumika

Kiswahili

(1)Mswada uliopitishwa na Bunge na kuidhinishwa na Rais, utachapishwa katika Gazeti Rasmi la Serikali kama Sheria ya Bunge katika muda wa siku saba baada ya kuidhinishwa.

(2)Kwa kuzingatia ibara ya (3), Sheria ya Bunge inaanza kutekelezwa baada ya siku ya kumi na nne ya kuchapishwa kwake katika Gazeti Rasmi la Serikali, isipokuwa Sheria inapotoa tarehe au wakati tofauti wa kuanza kutekelezwa kwake.

(3)Sheria ya Bunge ambayo moja kwa moja inahusiana na maslahi ya kifedha ya wabunge haitatekelezwa hadi baada ya uchaguzi mkuu ya wanachama wa Bunge utakaofuata.

(4)Ibara ya (3) haitumiki kwa maslahi waliyonayo wanachama wa Bunge wakiwa kama wananchi.

English

Coming into force of laws

(1)A Bill passed by Parliament and assented to by the President shall be published in the Gazette as an Act of Parliament within seven days after assent.

(2)Subject to clause (3), an Act of Parliament comes into force on the fourteenth day after its publication in the Gazette, unless the Act stipulates a different date on or time at which it will come into force.

(3)An Act of Parliament that confers a direct pecuniary interest on members of Parliament shall not come into force until after the next general election of members of Parliament.

(4)Clause (3) does not apply to an interest that members of Parliament have as members of the public.