General Provisions

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Section
1-2-101

Role of the judge -- preference to construction giving each provision meaning

Section
1-2-102

Intention of the legislature -- particular and general provisions

Section
1-2-103

Statutes in derogation of the common law -- liberal construction

Section
1-2-104

Preference to construction favoring natural right

Section
1-2-105

General definitional rules -- verb tense, gender, and number

Section
1-2-106

Construction of words and phrases

Section
1-2-107

Applicability of definitions

Section
1-2-108

Reference to other titles, chapters, parts, sections, or subsections -- subsequent amendments

Section
1-2-109

When laws retroactive

Section
1-2-110

All statutes subject to repeal

Section
1-2-111

Effect of code on special, local, and private statutes

Section
1-2-112

Statutes imposing new local government duties

Section
1-2-113

Statutes imposing new duties on a school district to provide means of financing

Section
1-2-114

Bill restriction

Section
1-2-115

Enforcement

Section
1-2-116

State agencies not to shift cost to local governments