Mo. Rev. Stat. § 1.120
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
The provisions of any law or statute which is reenacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of a prior law, shall be construed as a continuation of such law and not as a new enactment.
§ 1.120, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 683, A. 1949 S.B. 1001, A.L. 1957 p. 587