General Construction Law 57 — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 56 Writing and written up ARTICLE 2 Meaning of Terms next SECTION 58 Year in statute, contract and public or private instrument Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 57 Year, common and leap General Construction (GCN) CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE 2 § 57. Year, common and leap. For the purpose of computing and reckoning the days of the year in the same regular course in the future, every year, the number of which in the Christian era is a multiple of four, is a bissextile or leap year consisting of three hundred and sixty-six days, unless such number of the year is a multiple of one hundred and the first two figures thereof treated as a separate number is not a multiple of four, and every year which is not a leap year is a common year consisting of three hundred and sixty-five days.