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Enacting clause and unofficial provisions - 1 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1101

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                                CHAPTER 11
                           STATUTORY PROVISIONS

     Sec.
     1101.  Enacting clause and unofficial provisions.
     1102.  Publication of notice of application for local or
            special legislation.
     1103.  Preparation of statutes for printing.
     1104.  Printing of amendatory statutes.
     1105.  Editing statutes for printing.
     1106.  Prothonotaries to keep files of advance copies of
            statutes.

        Enactment.  Chapter 11 was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339,
     No.290, effective immediately.
     § 1101.  Enacting clause and unofficial provisions.
        (a)  Style and position of enacting clause.--All statutes
     shall begin in the following style: "The General Assembly of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:". Such
     enacting clause shall be placed immediately after the preamble
     or the table of contents of the statute, or if there be neither
     preamble nor table of contents, then immediately after the
     title.
        (b)  Enumeration and use of unofficial provisions.--
     Preambles, tables of contents, summary analyses, major
     subdivision headings, section and minor subdivision headings,
     cross reference descriptions, source notes and parallel tables
     shall not constitute part of the law and the Legislative
     Reference Bureau may, in its discretion, either include or omit
     such provisions in bills drafted by the bureau including bills
     prepared initially by agencies or persons other than the bureau.
        (c)  Amendment of unofficial provisions.--Notwithstanding any
     provision of this act or other statute to the contrary, in
     amending a bill or a statute it shall not be necessary to amend
     or delete any provision which does not constitute part of the
     law contained in the bill or statute which may be affected by
     such an amendment nor shall it be necessary to add any such
     provision to conform to such an amendment.

        Cross References.  Section 1101 is referred to in section
     1109 of Title 13 (Commercial Code).

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