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  • Can a law modify another law without mentioning the law it is modifying

    From S K@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 11 21:01:58 2021
    Suppose law A says "all guns are prohibited".

    Can law B say "guns can be carried by one-eyed-men on full-moon days" without explicitly declaring it is an exception to law A?

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  • From Stuart O. Bronstein@21:1/5 to S K on Tue Oct 12 16:30:28 2021
    S K <[email protected]> wrote:

    Suppose law A says "all guns are prohibited".

    Can law B say "guns can be carried by one-eyed-men on full-moon
    days" without explicitly declaring it is an exception to law A?

    Yes, that kind of thing happens all the time. If it's not an explicit amendment, however, sometimes the amendment isn't found by litigants
    and isn't applied.

    --
    Stu
    http://DownToEarthLawyer.com

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