Title 1 — General ProvisionsRelease 119-73not60

§111 Repeals as Evidence of Prior Effectiveness

Title 1 › Chapter 2— ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS › § 111

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

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The Act of March 3, 1933 does not mean the repealed Revised Statutes were in force then, and existing rights or obligations survive.

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Title 1, §111

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No inference shall be raised by the enactment of the Act of March 3, 1933 (ch. 202, 47 Stat. 1431), that the sections of the Revised Statutes repealed by such Act were in force or effect at the time of such enactment: Provided, however, That any rights or liabilities existing under such repealed sections shall not be affected by their repeal.

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March 3, 1933, referred to in text, was repealed by section 2 of act

July 30, 1947, section 1 of which enacted this title.

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1 U.S.C. § 111

Title 1 — General Provisions

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Apr 3, 2026

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