(1) The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), shall not apply to any Act of the Oireachtas or to any instrument made wholly or partly under any such Act.
(2) The foregoing sub-section of this section shall not preclude or prejudice the application to this Act and to other Acts of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Eireann which are expressed to come into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Constitution of so much of the Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), as concerns events happening or things to be done in relation to an Act before it comes into operation.