Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter XVI : Miscellaneous88. Calculation of periods of time |
| (1) | Where any period of time is specified by this Act as running from the doing of any act, it shall be reckoned as commencing on the day next following the doing of that act. |
| (2) | Whenever the last day on which, in terms of this Act, any act may or is required to be done or any document may or is required to be lodged, falls on a day on which the patent office is closed, that act may be done or that document may be lodged on the next following day on which the patent office is open for the transaction of business. |