(1) This Act shall be read and construed subject to the limits of the legislative powers of the State and so as not to exceed those powers, to the intent that, where any provision thereof, but for this section, would be construed as being in excess of those powers, it shall nevertheless be a valid enactment to the extent to which it is not in excess of those powers.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the date this Act came into operation ¹.

[Section 2A inserted by No. 54 of 1958 s. 3.]