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Two or more amendments to same provision, one overlooking the other - 1 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1955

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     § 1955.  Two or more amendments to same provision, one
              overlooking the other.
        Whenever two or more amendments to the same provision of a
     statute are enacted at the same or different sessions, one
     amendment overlooking and making no reference to the other or
     others, the changes in the statute made by each shall be given
     effect and all the amendments shall be read into each other. If
     the changes made in the statute are to any extent in direct
     conflict with each other, the rules specified in section 1935 of
     this title (relating to irreconcilable statutes passed by same
     General Assembly) and section 1936 of this title (relating to
     irreconcilable statutes passed by different General Assemblies)
     shall govern. The fact that a later amendment (1) restates
     language of the original statute which was deleted by an earlier
     amendment, or (2) fails to restate language inserted by an
     earlier amendment, does not of itself create a conflict between
     the two amendments. Amendments are in conflict with each other
     only if the changes in the statute made by each without
     considering the inserts and strike-outs of the other cannot be
     put into operation simultaneously.

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