42 Pa.C.S. § 401
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This act is intended to integrate into Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes all relevant legislation of the 1979-1981 General Assemblies through Act No. 1981-18. The provisions of 1 Pa.C.S. §§ 1952 (relating to effect of separate amendments on code provisions enacted by same General Assembly) and 1974 (relating to effect of separate repeals on code provisions by same General Assembly) shall not be applicable to any act of the 1979-1981 General Assemblies through Act No. 1981-18 insofar as relates to Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. Section 601 of the act of October 5, 1980 (P.L.693, No.142), known as the "JARA Continuation Act of 1980," is repealed.
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