come into force

come into force (third-person singular simple present comes into force, present participle coming into force, simple past came into force, past participle come into force)

1. (of a law, regulation, etc.) To become valid or active, to inure.

   Synonyms: come into effect, take effect

   • 1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:

     By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923.