Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL
Chapter 13 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter C - STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
AMENDMENTS AND REENACTMENTS
Section 13.141 - Merger of statute and amendment

Universal Citation: 101 PA Code ยง 13.141

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

The act (1 Pa.C.S. § 1953) provides that whenever a section or part of a statute is amended:

(1) The amendment shall be construed as merging into the original statute, become a part thereof, and replace the part amended, and the remainder of the original statute and the amendment shall be read together and viewed as one statute passed at one time.

(2) The portions of the statute which were not altered by the amendment shall be construed as effective from the time of their original enactment.

(3) The new provisions shall be construed as effective only from the date when the amendment became effective.

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