Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 23.56 - References to other statutes(a)General rule.-Any statute other than a provision of the Statutes shall be cited by reference to its date of enactment, and the page number (e.g.P. L. 406) and act number (e.g. No. 21) assigned in the Laws of Pennsylvania.(b)Official short title.-If the statute has an official statutory short title, the short title shall be set forth without the use of quotation marks as follows: act of July 23, 1970 (P. L. 563, No. 195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act.
(c)Unofficial short title or summary of title.-If the statute has no official statutory short title, the unofficial short title of the statute or, if there is no unofficial short title, a brief summary of the title may be set forth without the use of quotation marks as follows: act of May 13, 1909 (P. L. 520, No. 292), referred to as the Pure Food Law.
act of June 3, 1911 (P. L. 639, No. 246), relating to medicine and surgery.
(d)Special session.-If the statute was passed during a special session, a reference to the special session and special session number, if any, shall be set forth as follows: act of April 27, 1966 (1st Sp. Sess., P. L. 31, No. 1), known as The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act.
Year of pamphlet law.-If a statute is finally enacted in the year following the year of the volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania containing the statute, the year of the volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania shall be set forth as follows:
act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P. L. 2119, No. 787), known as the Air Pollution Control Act.