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Extra - Title Notes - Enactment. Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 1 were...
Extra - Appendix To Title - APPENDIX TO TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory...
Chapter 1 - Short Title, Form of Citation and Effective Date
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 1 was added November 25, 1970, P.L.707, No.230,...
Section 101 - Short title - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 102 - Citation of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - The Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes may be cited by title and...
Section 103 - Effective date - This act shall take effect immediately.
Chapter 2 - (Reserved)
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 2 (Reserved) was added November 25, 1970, P.L.707,...
Chapter 3 - Format of the Consolidated Statutes
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 3 was added November 25, 1970, P.L.707, No.230,...
Section 301 - Arrangement - (a) Titles and major subdivisions.--This act consists of titles subdivided...
Section 302 - Section headings - Each section of this act shall be given a brief...
Section 303 - Cross references between provisions of the Consolidated Statutes - When reference is made in this act to a provision...
Section 304 - References to other statutes - (a) Method and scope of reference.--Acts of the General Assembly...
Section 305 - Re-use of section numbers - A section number shall not be re-used for a different...
Section 306 - Bills to amend the Consolidated Statutes - (a) Conformity with requirements of chapter.--Bills to amend this act...
Chapter 4 - (Reserved)
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 4 (Reserved) was added November 25, 1970, P.L.707,...
Chapter 5 - Official Publication of the Consolidated Statutes
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Present Chapter 5 was added June 17, 1974, P.L.330,...
Section 501 - Publication and distribution - (a) General rule.--The Legislative Reference Bureau may compile, edit, publish,...
Section 502 - Preparation and contents - (a) General rule.--In compiling and editing the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes...
Section 503 - Official status of publication - The publication prepared by the bureau pursuant to this chapter...
Chapter 9 - Constitutional Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 9 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290,...
Section 901 - Legislation to show changes - Bills or joint resolutions introduced in the General Assembly proposing...
Section 902 - Conduct of election - The manner in which proposed amendments to the Constitution of...
Section 903 - Governor to proclaim result of election - The officer of this Commonwealth to whom election returns are...
Section 904 - Governor to proclaim corrected numbering - Whenever an amendment of an article or of a section...
Section 905 - Section headings - The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, with the approval...
Section 906 - Short titles of Constitutions of 1874 and 1968 - (a) Constitution of 1874.--The Constitution of Pennsylvania, as adopted by...
Chapter 11 - Statutory Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 11 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290,...
Section 1101 - Enacting clause and unofficial provisions - (a) Style and position of enacting clause.--All statutes shall begin...
Section 1102 - Publication of notice of application for local or special legislation - (a) General rule.--No local or special bill to enact a...
Section 1103 - Preparation of statutes for printing - The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau shall, as soon...
Section 1104 - Printing of amendatory statutes - (a) General rule.--The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau shall,...
Section 1105 - Editing statutes for printing - (a) Correction of errors.--Where any statute shall have been finally...
Section 1106 - Prothonotaries to keep files of advance copies of statutes - The prothonotaries of the several counties shall file and keep...
Chapter 15 - General Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 15 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290,...
Section 1501 - Short title of part - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 1502 - Application of part - (a) Direct application.-- (1) Except as otherwise provided in this...
Section 1503 - Applicability of colonial law - (a) English law.--The common law and such of the statutes...
Section 1504 - Statutory remedy preferred over common law - In all cases where a remedy is provided or a...
Chapter 17 - Effective Date of Statutes
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 17 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290,...
Section 1701 - Statutes generally - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter all...
Section 1702 - Statutes making appropriations - Appropriation statutes, or statutes having appropriation items enacted finally at...
Section 1703 - Statutes affecting the budget of any political subdivision - Statutes affecting the budget of any political subdivision enacted finally...
Section 1704 - Statutes enacted at a special session - (a) General rule.--Statutes enacted finally at a special or extraordinary...
Chapter 19 - Rules of Construction
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 19 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290,...
Section 1901 - Rules of interpretation - In the construction of the statutes of this Commonwealth, the...
Section 1902 - Number; gender; tense - The singular shall include the plural, and the plural, the...
Section 1903 - Words and phrases - (a) General rule.--Words and phrases shall be construed according to...
Section 1904 - Numerals - The Roman numerals and the Arabic numerals shall be deemed...
Section 1905 - Joint authority; quorum - (a) Joint authority.--Words in a statute conferring a joint authority...
Section 1906 - Bonds - A statute requiring a bond or undertaking with sureties to...
Section 1907 - Uniform standard time - Every mention of, or reference to any hour or time...
Section 1908 - Computation of time - When any period of time is referred to in any...
Section 1909 - Time; publication for successive weeks - Whenever in any statute providing for the publishing of notices,...
Section 1910 - Time; computation of months - Whenever in any statute the lapse of a number of...
Section 1921 - Legislative intent controls - (a) Object and scope of construction of statutes.--The object of...
Section 1922 - Presumptions in ascertaining legislative intent - In ascertaining the intention of the General Assembly in the...
Section 1923 - Grammar and punctuation of statutes - (a) Grammatical errors and transposition of words.--Grammatical errors shall not...
Section 1924 - Construction of titles, preambles, provisos, exceptions and headings - The title and preamble of a statute may be considered...
Section 1925 - Constitutional construction of statutes - The provisions of every statute shall be severable. If any...
Section 1926 - Presumption against retroactive effect - No statute shall be construed to be retroactive unless clearly...
Section 1927 - Construction of uniform laws - Statutes uniform with those of other states shall be interpreted...
Section 1928 - Rule of strict and liberal construction - (a) Statutes in derogation of common law.--The rule that statutes...
Section 1929 - Penalties no bar to civil remedies - The provision in any statute for a penalty or forfeiture...
Section 1930 - Penalties for each offense - Whenever a penalty or forfeiture is provided for the violation...
Section 1931 - Intent to defraud - Whenever an intent to defraud is required in any statute...
Section 1932 - Statutes in pari materia - (a) Meaning.--Statutes or parts of statutes are in pari materia...
Section 1933 - Particular controls general - Whenever a general provision in a statute shall be in...
Section 1934 - Irreconcilable clauses in the same statute - Except as provided in section 1933 of this title (relating...
Section 1935 - Irreconcilable statutes passed by same General Assembly - Whenever the provisions of two or more statutes enacted finally...
Section 1936 - Irreconcilable statutes passed by different General Assemblies - Whenever the provisions of two or more statutes enacted finally...
Section 1937 - References to statutes and regulations - (a) General rule.--A reference in a statute to a statute...
Section 1938 - References to public bodies and public officers - A reference in a statute to a governmental agency, department,...
Section 1939 - Use of comments and reports - The comments or report of the commission, committee, association or...
Section 1951 - Interpretation of amendatory statutes - In ascertaining the correct reading, status and interpretation of an...
Section 1952 - Effect of separate amendments on code provisions enacted by same General Assembly - Whenever any existing statute, incorporated into and repealed by a...
Section 1953 - Construction of amendatory statutes - Whenever a section or part of a statute is amended,...
Section 1954 - Merger of subsequent amendments - Whenever a statute has been more than once amended, the...
Section 1955 - Two or more amendments to same provision, one overlooking the other - Whenever two or more amendments to the same provision of...
Section 1956 - Repeal of amendatory statutes and original statutes subsequently amended - The repeal of an amendatory statute does not revive the...
Section 1957 - Ineffective provisions not revived by reenactment in amendatory statutes - Provisions of a statute no longer effective because of having...
Section 1961 - Effect of reenactment on original statute - Whenever a statute reenacts a former statute, the provisions common...
Section 1962 - Repeal and reenactment - Whenever a statute is repealed and its provisions are at...
Section 1963 - Effect of reenactment on intervening statutes - A statute which reenacts the provisions of an earlier statute...
Section 1971 - Implied repeal by later statute - (a) Revision or exclusive system covering entire subject.--Whenever a statute...
Section 1972 - Nonexistence of reason for statute does not effect repeal - A statute shall not be deemed repealed because the reason...
Section 1973 - No implied repeal by nonuser - A statute shall not be deemed repealed by failure to...
Section 1974 - Effect of separate repeals on code provisions by same General Assembly - Whenever a statute repeals any provision of another statute incorporated...
Section 1975 - Effect of repeal on limitations - Whenever a limitation or period of time, prescribed in any...
Section 1976 - Effect of repeal on rights, et cetera - (a) Existing rights and pending actions.--The repeal of any civil...
Section 1977 - Repeal does not revive repealed statute - The repeal of a repealing statute shall not be construed...
Section 1978 - Repeal as obsolete does not affect substantive rights - Whenever a statute which created a personal or property right...
Section 1991 - Definitions - The following words and phrases, when used in any statute...
Chapter 23 - Implementation of Constitutional Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 23 was added September 28, 1978, P.L.788, No.152,...
Section 2301 - Equality of rights based on sex - (a) General rule.--In recognition of the adoption of section 28...
Section 2310 - Sovereign immunity reaffirmed; specific waiver - Pursuant to section 11 of Article I of the Constitution...
Chapter 31 - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 31 was added October 30, 2001, P.L.815, No.79,...
Section 3101 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 3102 - Board established - (a) Establishment.--The Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is...
Section 3103 - Powers and duties - The board has the following powers and duties: (1) To...