Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL
Chapter 13 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter C - STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
STATUTES GENERALLY
Section 13.121 - Grammar and punctuation
Universal Citation: 101 PA Code ยง 13.121
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The act (1 Pa.C.S. § 1923) provides that:
(1) Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a statute and a transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to where a sentence is without meaning as it stands.
(2) In no case shall the punctuation of a statute control or affect the intention of the General Assembly in the enactment thereof unless the statute was finally enacted after December 31, 1964.
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