No act or joint resolution passed by the General Assembly shall take effect or become of force until the twentieth day after the day of its approval by the executive, unless some other day be specially named in the body of the act or joint resolution as the day upon which it shall take effect.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-201; 1952 Code Section 30-201; 1942 Code Section 2079; 1932 Code Section 2079; Civ. C. '22 Section 41; Civ. C. '12 Section 39; Civ. C. '02 Section 36; G. S. 33; R. S. 36; 1879 (17) 69.