Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL
Chapter 15 - STATUTES
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 15.7 - Codifications generally
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) General. Codification is the gathering together into one comprehensive statute of all of the law on a given subject, with or without change, and the repeal of the existing statutes so incorporated. A codification is a form of reenactment and is governed by the rules of statutory construction covering reenactments.
(b) Scope. As the number of codifications increase it becomes obvious that many provisions belong equally well in one code as in another. The tendency in the past has been to incorporate in the code first prepared, all provisions that could possibly fit into it. This has resulted in considerable repetition of the same provisions in different codes, and frequently in changes in one code that are not incorporated in other codes where the same provision appears. It is therefore preferable to refrain from incorporating more than provisions relating only to the subject of the code and not to take provisions from one code and insert them in a new one just being prepared.
