Title 1 — General ProvisionsRelease 119-73not60
§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 had ended an earlier law is later ended itself, the earlier law does not come back into effect unless the new ending law clearly says the earlier law should be restored.
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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Whenever an Act is repealed, which repealed a former Act, such former Act shall not thereby be revived, unless it shall be expressly so provided.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
Apr 3, 2026
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