General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 281 The General Laws and Their Effect
- Massachusetts General Laws - Designation as General Laws; citation; effective date - Chapter 281, Section 1
This act shall not in any citation or enumeration of the statutes be reckoned as one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, but...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Construction of General Laws as continuation of former acts - Chapter 281, Section 2
The provisions of the General Laws, so far as they are the same as those of existing statutes, shall be construed as a continuation thereof...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed or superseded law; effect of repeal of law by General Laws - Chapter 281, Section 3
The repeal of a law by this act shall not revive a law heretofore repealed or superseded, nor an office heretofore abolished.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rights accrued or liability incurred and actions commenced; effect of repeal of law by General Laws; probate appeals - Chapter 281, Section 4
The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any act done, ratified or confirmed, any liability incurred, or any right accrued or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred; effect of repeal of law by General Laws - Chapter 281, Section 5
The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred under such law, except that any provision of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Pending actions, suits or prosecutions; effect of repeal of law by General Laws - Chapter 281, Section 6
The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any action, suit or prosecution pending at the time of the repeal for an...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tenure of office holders; effect of repeal of law by General Laws - Chapter 281, Section 7
Whoever, when said repeal takes effect, holds an office under any of the laws repealed shall continue to hold it according to the tenure thereof,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Salary or compensation of incumbent; effect of repeal of law by General Laws - Chapter 281, Section 8
The salary or compensation of any incumbent of any office or position at the time when the General Laws take effect shall not be diminished...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Statutory time periods; effect of repeal of law by General Laws - Chapter 281, Section 9
If a limitation or period of time prescribed in any of the acts repealed for acquiring a right, barring a remedy or any other purpose...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary laws; effect of enactment of General Laws - Chapter 281, Section 10
All acts and resolves or parts thereof in force at the time of the taking effect of the General Laws which are of limited duration...
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