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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...