§ 1924. Construction of titles, preambles, provisos, exceptions and headings
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 1 Pa.C.S.A. General Provisions
1 Pa.C.S.A. § 1924
§ 1924. Construction of titles, preambles, provisos, exceptions and headings
The title and preamble of a statute may be considered in the construction thereof. Provisos shall be construed to limit rather than to extend the operation of the clauses to which they refer. Exceptions expressed in a statute shall be construed to exclude all others. 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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1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1339, No. 290, § 3, imd. effective.
1 Pa.C.S.A. § 1924, PA ST 1 Pa.C.S.A. § 1924
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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