Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 13.141 - Merger of statute and amendmentThe act (1 Pa.C.S. § 1953) provides that whenever a section or part of a statute is amended:
(1) The amendment shall be construed as merging into the original statute, become a part thereof, and replace the part amended, and the remainder of the original statute and the amendment shall be read together and viewed as one statute passed at one time.(2) The portions of the statute which were not altered by the amendment shall be construed as effective from the time of their original enactment.(3) The new provisions shall be construed as effective only from the date when the amendment became effective.