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§ 1-240 — Repeal not to revive former act

Virginia § 1-240
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 1GENERAL PROVISIONS
Ch. 2.1COMMON LAW AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Art. 2RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

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Va. Code Ann. § 1-240 (2026).

Text

When an act of the General Assembly that has repealed another act shall itself be repealed, the previous act shall not be revived without express words to that effect, unless the act repealing it be passed during the same session.

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Legislative History

Code 1919, § 7, § 1-17; 2005, c. 839.

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