Pennsylvania Statutes
§ 1955 — Two or more amendments to same provision, one overlooking the other
Pennsylvania·Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS·Part PART V·Ch. 19 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION·Subch. AMENDATORY STATUTES
Whenever two or more amendments to the same provision of a statute are enacted at the same or different sessions, one amendment overlooking and making no reference to the other or others, the changes in the statute made by each shall be given effect and all the amendments shall be read into each other. If the changes made in the statute are to any extent in direct conflict with each other, the rules specified in section 1935 of this title (relating to irreconcilable statutes passed by same General Assembly) and section 1936 of this title (relating to irreconcilable statutes passed by different General Assemblies) shall govern. The fact that a later amendment (1) restates language of the original statute which was deleted by an earlier amendment, or (2) fails to restate language inserted by
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