(1) In this Act and in every Act passed after the commencement of this Act all expressions relating to time, and every reference to a point of time shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as relating or referring to Greenwich mean time, but subject to the provisions of any enactment for the time being in force providing for the time in Saorstát Eireann being in advance of Greenwich mean time during any specified period.
(2) In the measurement of any distance for the purposes of any Act passed after the commencement of this Act, that distance shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane.
(3) In this Act and in every Act passed after the commencement of this Act, expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including references to printing, typewriting, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form.
(4) Where a