If a law gives someone the power to ask a Judge for an order or directions before the law starts, the Judge can also make decisions using that law before it starts. You can find these laws in sections 203 to 213. The Judge has the power to do things that the law says a Judge can do, even before the law officially begins.
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If, under any of sections 203 to 213, any person is empowered to apply to a Judge under any provision before its commencement for any order or directions, the Judge also has power, before the commencement of the provision, to exercise any of the powers conferred by that provision on a Judge.
