Title 1, General ProvisionsRelease 119-102
§108 Repeal of Repealing Act
Title 1 › CHAPTER 2 — ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS › § 108
Summary
If a law that canceled an older law is later canceled, the older law does not come back unless the new canceling clearly says it should.
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Title 1, §108
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Whenever an Act is repealed, which repealed a former Act, such former Act shall not thereby be revived, unless it shall be expressly so provided.
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1 U.S.C. § 108
Title 1, General Provisions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102