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§ 1923. Grammar and punctuation of statutes

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Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 1 Pa.C.S.A. General Provisions
Part V. Statutory Construction
Chapter 19. Rules of Construction
Subchapter B. Construction of Statutes (Refs & Annos)
1 Pa.C.S.A. § 1923
§ 1923. Grammar and punctuation of statutes
Currentness
(a) Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a statute. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to where a sentence is without meaning as it stands.
(b) In no case shall the punctuation of a statute control or affect the intention of the General Assembly in the enactment thereof but punctuation may be used to aid in the construction thereof if the statute was finally enacted after December 31, 1964.
(c) Words and phrases which may be necessary to the proper interpretation of a statute and which do not conflict with its obvious purpose and intent, nor in any way affect its scope and operation, may be added in the construction thereof.

Credits

1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1339, No. 290, § 3, imd. effective. Amended 1974, Dec. 10, P.L. 816, No. 271, § 3, imd. effective.
1 Pa.C.S.A. § 1923, PA ST 1 Pa.C.S.A. § 1923
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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