12 chapters · 85 sections in this title.
1 Pa.C.S. § 1501 Short title of part
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This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Statutory Construction Act of 1972."
1 Pa.C.S. § 1502 Application of part
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(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, 19…
1 Pa.C.S. § 1503 Applicability of colonial law
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(a) English law.--The common law and such of the statutes of England as were in force in the Province of Pennsylvania on May 14, 1776 and which were properly adapted to the circumstances of the inhabitants of this Commonwealth shall be deemed to have been in force in this Commonw…
1 Pa.C.S. § 1504 Statutory remedy preferred over common law
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In all cases where a remedy is provided or a duty is enjoined or anything is directed to be done by any statute, the directions of the statute shall be strictly pursued, and no penalty shall be inflicted, or anything done agreeably to the common law, in such cases, further than s…