Title 1 of the United States Code

Title 1 of the United States Code outlines the general provisions of the United States Code . ^[1]

Chapter 1 [ edit ]

Chapter 1: Rules of Construction

§ 1 (Dictionary Act ^[2]) ? Words denoting number , gender , person , etc.
§ 2 ? " County " as including " parish ," etc.
§ 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.
§ 6 ? Limitation of term "products of American fisheries."
§ 7 ? Definition of " marriage " and "spouse". (See Respect for Marriage Act )
§ 8 ? "Person", "human being", "child", and "individual" as including born-alive infant. (See Born-Alive Infants Protection Act .)

Chapter 2 [ edit ]

Chapter 2: Acts and Resolutions; Formalities of Enactment; Repeals; Sealing of Instruments

§ 101 ? Enacting clause .
§ 102 ? Resolving clause .
§ 103 ? Enacting or resolving words after first section.
§ 104 ? Numbering of sections; single proposition.
§ 105 ? Title of appropriation Acts .
§ 106 ? Printing bills and joint resolutions.
§ 106a ? Promulgation of laws.
§ 106b ? Amendments to Constitution .
§ 107 ? Parchment or paper for printing enrolled bills or resolutions .
§ 108 ? Repeal of repealing act.
§ 109 ? Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities.
§ 110 ? Saving clause of Revised Statutes.
§ 111 ? Repeals as evidence of prior effectiveness.
§ 112 ? Statutes at Large ; contents; admissibility in evidence.
§ 112a ? United States Treaties and Other International Agreements; contents; admissibility in evidence.
§ 112b ? United States international agreements; transmission to the United States Congress .
§ 113 ? " Little and Brown's " edition of laws and treaties; slip laws; Treaties and Other International Act 1 Series; admissibility in evidence.
§ 114 ? Sealing of instruments.

Chapter 3 [ edit ]

Chapter 3: Code of Laws of the United States and Supplements; District of Columbia Code and Supplements

§ 201 ? Publication and distribution of Code of Laws of United States and Supplements and District of Columbia Code and Supplements.
§ 202 ? Preparation and publication of Codes and Supplements.
§ 203 ? District of Columbia Code; preparation and publication; cumulative supplements.
§ 204 ? Codes and Supplements as evidence of the laws of United States and District of Columbia; citation of Codes and Supplements.
§ 205 ? Codes and Supplement; where printed; form and style; ancillaries.
§ 206 ? Bills and resolutions of Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives ; form and style; ancillaries; curtailment of copies.
§ 207 ? Copies of acts and resolutions in slip form; additional number printed for Committee on the Judiciary of House of Representatives.
§ 208 ? Delegation of function of Committee on the Judiciary to other agencies; printing, etc., under direction of Joint Committee on Printing.
§ 209 ? Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; conclusive evidence of original.
§ 210 ? Distribution of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; slip and pamphlet copies.
§ 211 ? Copies to Members of Congress.
§ 212 ? Additional distribution at each new Congress.
§ 213 ? Appropriation for preparing and editing supplements.

History [ edit ]

Title I was originally passed by the 80th Congress in 1947, along with titles 3, 4, 6, 9, & 17. ^[3] Chapter 1 was influenced ^[4] by the "Dictionary Act" ^[5] passed in the 41st Congress .

References [ edit ]

^ "United States Code" . Office of the Law Revision Counsel . Retrieved November 21, 2015 .
^ "James ROWLAND, Former Director, California Department of Corrections, et al., Petitioners, v. CALIFORNIA MEN'S COLONY, UNIT II MEN'S ADVISORY COUNCIL" . Resource.org . Retrieved 2014-03-31 .
^ "United States Code: Historical Outline and Explanatory Notes" (PDF) . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-01-04 . Retrieved 2019-08-01 .
^ Barnet, Emily J. "Hobby Lobby and the Dictionary Act" . www.yalelawjournal.org . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .
^ "Session 3, Chapter 71: An Act prescribing the Form of the enacting and resolving Clauses of Acts and Resolutions of Congress, and Rules for the Construction thereof" . www.loc.gov . 2014-09-01 . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .

External links [ edit ]

[1] "United States Code" . Office of the Law Revision Counsel . Retrieved November 21, 2015 .

[2] "James ROWLAND, Former Director, California Department of Corrections, et al., Petitioners, v. CALIFORNIA MEN'S COLONY, UNIT II MEN'S ADVISORY COUNCIL" . Resource.org . Retrieved 2014-03-31 .

[3] "United States Code: Historical Outline and Explanatory Notes" (PDF) . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-01-04 . Retrieved 2019-08-01 .

[4] Barnet, Emily J. "Hobby Lobby and the Dictionary Act" . www.yalelawjournal.org . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .

[5] "Session 3, Chapter 71: An Act prescribing the Form of the enacting and resolving Clauses of Acts and Resolutions of Congress, and Rules for the Construction thereof" . www.loc.gov . 2014-09-01 . Retrieved 2019-08-02 .

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