1. If the law prescribes a time limit in days, months or years for appearance or for the occurrence of a particular procedure, neither the day of service, nor the date of occurrence of the event regarded by the law as giving rise to the relevant time limit, shall be included in the time limit, and the time limit shall expire at the end of the working hours of the last business day thereof. 2. If the time limit is prescribed in hours, the hour of commencement and of the end of the time limit shall be calculated as described above. 3. If the time limit is required to expire before a particular procedure takes place, the underlying procedure shall only be conducted after the lapse of the last day of the time limit. 4. Time limits prescribed in months or years shall expire on the corresponding day of the next month or year. 5. Under any circumstances, if the last day of the time limit falls on a public holiday, the time limit shall be automatically extended to the first following business day.
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