(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 shall signify that he assents or
that he withholds assent.
(3) When the Governor-General assents to a bill that has been submitted to
him 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.