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Title 1 — General Provisions

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Chapter 1RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
§ 1Words denoting number, gender, and so forth
§ 2"County" as including "parish", and so forth
§ 3"Vessel" as including all means of water transportation
§ 4"Vehicle" as including all means of land transportation
§ 5"Company" or "association" as including successors and assigns
§ 6Limitation of term "products of American fisheries"
§ 7Marriage
§ 8"Person", "human being", "child", and "individual" as including born-alive infant
Chapter 2ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS; SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS
§ 101Enacting clause
§ 102Resolving clause
§ 103Enacting or resolving words after first section
§ 104Numbering of sections; single proposition
§ 105Title of appropriation Acts
§ 106Printing bills and joint resolutions
§ 106aPromulgation of laws
§ 106bAmendments to Constitution
§ 107Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills or resolutions
§ 108Repeal of repealing act
§ 109Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities
§ 110Saving clause of Revised Statutes
§ 111Repeals as evidence of prior effectiveness
§ 112Statutes at Large; contents; admissibility in evidence
§ 112aUnited States Treaties and Other International Agreements; contents; admissibility in evidence
§ 112bUnited States international agreements and non-binding instruments; transparency provisions
§ 113"Little and Brown's" edition of laws and treaties; slip laws; Treaties and Other International Acts Series; admissibility in evidence
§ 114Sealing of instruments
Chapter 3CODE OF LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND SUPPLEMENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS
§ 201Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements
§ 202Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements
§ 203District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements
§ 204Codes and Supplements as evidence of the laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of Codes and Supplements
§ 205Codes and Supplement; where printed; form and style; ancillaries
§ 206Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies
§ 207Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives
§ 208Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, and so forth, under direction of Joint Committee on Printing
§ 209Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original
§ 210Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies
§ 211Copies to Members of Congress
§ 212Additional distribution at each new Congress
§ 213Appropriation for preparing and editing supplements