Title 43
Statutes and Statutory Construction

Chapter 2
Publication and Distribution of Acts

R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-2-2

§ 43-2-2. References to public laws amended or repealed.

Every act amending or repealing a public law shall, immediately preceding the public law to be amended or repealed, refer to the law by the number and name of the chapter containing the law amended or repealed, and to the year of its passage; provided, that any failure to include the reference shall not invalidate or otherwise render void the act.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 22, § 2; P.L. 1907, ch. 1459, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 28, § 2; P.L. 1921, ch. 2050, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 28, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 307, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 43-2-2; P.L. 1970, ch. 2, § 1.