§ 211 — Scope of editorial revision; omissions

Delaware § 211

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 1
• Ch. 2: CONTINUOUS CODE REVISION
• Subch.: Preparation of Supplements and Code

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(a) In performing their duties and powers under § 210 of this title, the Revisors shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any act of the General Assembly but they may:

(1) Renumber and rearrange sections or parts of sections;

(2) Transfer sections or divide sections so as to give to distinct subject matters a separate section number, but without changing the meaning;

(3) Insert or change the wording of headnotes;

(4) Change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters or sections;

(5) Substitute the proper section or chapter number for the terms “this act,” “the preceding section” and the like;

(6) Strike out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice versa;

(7) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;

(8) Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors; and

(9) Make any other purely formal or clerical changes in keeping with the purpose of the revision.

(b) The Revisors shall omit all titles of acts, all enacting, resolving, and repealing clauses, all appropriation measures, all temporary or local statutes, all declarations of emergency, and all validity, declaration of policy, and construction clauses, except when the retention thereof is necessary to preserve the full meaning and intent of the law.

(c) (1) The Revisors shall use gender silent techniques to ensure that masculine and feminine pronouns are not used and shall ensure that a solely masculine or feminine designation occurs only when it applies to 1 gender.

(2) The Revisors shall apply paragraph (c)(1) of this section to all laws enacted on or after May 31, 2023, and may apply paragraph (c)(1) of this section to laws enacted before May 31, 2023.

(3) If the Revisors cannot determine how to apply paragraph (c)(1) of this section to masculine and feminine pronouns used in a law, the Revisors shall report this to the Director of the Division of Legislative Services for possible correction through the legislative process.

(4) “Gender silent techniques” include substituting the nouns to which the masculine and feminine pronouns refer.

Legislative History

1 Del. C. 1953, § 211; 49 Del. Laws, c. 347 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 4 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 581, § 3 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 255, § 1