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1 U.S.C. § 108 — Repeal of repealing act
submitted 79 years ago by ch. 388 to r/title-1-GENERAL-PROVISIONS · 25 words · no verdicts yet
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If a law that repealed an earlier law is itself repealed, the earlier law doesn't come back automatically. It only revives if the new repeal expressly says so.
This section stops old repealed laws from silently coming back to life. If a law repealed an earlier act, and that repealing law is later itself repealed, the original, older act does not automatically become law again. It only revives if the new repealing act expressly says the older act is revived.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
Whenever an Act is repealed, which repealed a former Act, such former Act shall not thereby be revived, unless it shall be expressly so provided.
Source credit: (July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)
history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
- 1947Enacted · Act of July 30, 1947, ch. 388 · 61 Stat. 635
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 388 on 1947-07-30.
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