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Computation of time. Where, by any Act, any act or proceeding is directed or allo.,..ed to be done or taken in any Court or office on a certain day or within a prescribed peri )d, then, if the Coul't or office is closed oo that day or tho last day of the prescribed period, the act or proceeding shall be considered a<: done or taken in due time if it is done or taken oo the next day afterwards on which the Court or office is open : Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any act or procet.- ding to which the Indian Limitation Act, 1908, applies. NOTES The object of thiR section is to ennble a person to do what be could have done on a holiday, on the next working day [AIR 1957 SC 271]. Even if S "' of the Limitation Act does not apply, s 10 of General Clauses Act will certainly apply to election petitions to be filed under the Representation of Peoples Act. [AI ~ 1974 !)C 480].