12 Pa.C.S. § 6
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Continuation of prior law.
Official statutory text
The addition of 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56 is a continuation of the act of December 20, 1982 (P.L.1404, No.325), known as the Self-Service Storage Facility Act, and the following shall apply:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56, all activities initiated under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56. Resolutions, orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act and which are in effect on the effective date of section 5(2) of this act shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified under 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56. Contracts, obligations and agreements entered into under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of the Self-Service Storage Facility Act.
(2) Except as specified in paragraph (3), any difference in language between 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56 and the Self-Service Storage Facility Act is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administrative interpretation and implementation of the Self-Service Storage Facility Act.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the addition of the following provisions of Title 12 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes:
(i) The phrase "whether or not delivered and accepted electronically" in the definition of "rental agreement" in section 5602.
(ii) Section 5606(b) and (c).
(iii) Section 5614.
(iv) Section 5617.
(v) Section 5618. Explanatory Note. Act 51 amended or added sections 3202, 3203, 3205 and Chapter 56 of Title 12.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56, all activities initiated under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56. Resolutions, orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act and which are in effect on the effective date of section 5(2) of this act shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified under 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56. Contracts, obligations and agreements entered into under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of the Self-Service Storage Facility Act.
(2) Except as specified in paragraph (3), any difference in language between 12 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56 and the Self-Service Storage Facility Act is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administrative interpretation and implementation of the Self-Service Storage Facility Act.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the addition of the following provisions of Title 12 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes:
(i) The phrase "whether or not delivered and accepted electronically" in the definition of "rental agreement" in section 5602.
(ii) Section 5606(b) and (c).
(iii) Section 5614.
(iv) Section 5617.
(v) Section 5618. Explanatory Note. Act 51 amended or added sections 3202, 3203, 3205 and Chapter 56 of Title 12.
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