Application of part - 1 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1502

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     § 1502.  Application of part.
        (a)  Direct application.--
            (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this part, the
        provisions of this part shall apply to the following unless
        the General Assembly or the agency adopting the document
        shall provide otherwise:
                (i)  Every statute finally enacted on or after
            September 1, 1937.
                (ii)  Every document codified in the Pennsylvania
            Code except legislative, judicial and home rule charter
            documents.
            (2)  The provisions of this chapter and of Chapter 17 of
        this title (relating to effective date of statutes) shall
        apply to every statute enacted by the General Assembly,
        whether under the authority of the Commonwealth or of the
        late Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania.
        (b)  Other applications.--The provisions of this part shall
     apply to any public document to the extent such document refers
     to and incorporates therein the provisions of this part. The
     provisions of this part other than this chapter and Chapter 17
     of this title (relating to effective date of statutes) shall
     apply to statutes finally enacted before September 1, 1937 to
     the extent that this part substantially reenacts or restates
     rules of construction enacted or in force prior to such date.

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