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 13.122 - Titles, preambles, limitations and headings
Universal Citation: 101 PA Code ยง 13.122
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The act (1 Pa.C.S. § 1924) provides that:
(1) The title and preamble of a statute may be considered in the construction thereof.
(2) Provisos shall be construed to limit rather than to extend the operation of the clauses to which they refer.
(3) Exceptions expressed in a statute shall be construed to exclude all others.
(4) The headings prefixed to titles, parts, articles, chapters, sections and other divisions of a statute shall not be considered to control but may be used to aid in the construction thereof.
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