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TITLE 1-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chap.Sec.
1.Rules of construction1
2.Acts and resolutions; formalities of enactment; repeals; sealing of instruments101
3.Code of Laws of United States and Supplements; District of Columbia Code and Supplements201
Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 1
Title 1 Former SectionsRevised Statutes Statutes at Large
1R.S., § 1
2R.S., § 2
3R.S., § 3
4R.S., § 4
5R.S., § 5
6June 11, 1940, ch. 325, § 1 , 54 Stat. 305
21R.S., § 7
22R.S., § 8
23R.S., § 9
24R.S., § 10
25R.S., § 11
26Nov. 1, 1893 , 28 Stat. App. 5
Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1 , 28 Stat. 769 .
27Mar. 6, 1920, ch. 94, § 1 , 41 Stat. 520
28R.S., § 12
29R.S., § 13
Mar. 22, 1944, ch. 123 , 58 Stat. 118 .
29aR.S., § 5599
29bMar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 3 , 47 Stat. 1431
30Jan. 12, 1895, ch. 23, § 73 , 28 Stat. 615
June 20, 1936, ch. 630, § 9 , 49 Stat. 1551 .
June 16, 1938, ch. 477, § 1 , 52 Stat. 760 .
30aR.S., § 908
31R.S., § 6
51aMar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 1 , 45 Stat. 1540
52May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 2 , 45 Stat. 1007
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 2 , 45 Stat. 1541 .
53May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 3 , 45 Stat. 1007
54May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 4 , 45 Stat. 1007
Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 3 , 45 Stat. 1541 .
54aMar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 4 , 45 Stat. 1542
Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 282, § 1 , 47 Stat. 1603 .
June 13, 1934, ch. 483 , §§ 1, 2, 48 Stat. 948 .
54bMar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 5 , 45 Stat. 1542
Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 282, § 1 , 47 Stat. 1603 .
June 13, 1934, ch. 483 , §§ 1, 2, 48 Stat. 948 .
54cMar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 6 , 45 Stat. 1542
54dMar. 2, 1929, ch. 586, § 7 , 45 Stat. 1542
55May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 5 , 45 Stat. 1007
56May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 6 , 45 Stat. 1007
57May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 7 , 45 Stat. 1008
58May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 8 , 45 Stat. 1008
59May 29, 1928, ch. 910, § 10 , 45 Stat. 1008
60Mar. 3, 1933, ch. 202, § 2 , 47 Stat. 1431

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Positive Law; Citation

This title has been made positive law by section 1 of act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633, which provided in part that:

“Title 1 of the United States Code entitled ‘General Provisions’, is codified and enacted into positive law and may be cited as ‘1 U. S. C., § —⁠—.’ ”

Repeals

Act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, § 2, 61 Stat. 640, provided that the sections or parts thereof of the Statutes at Large or the Revised Statutes covering provisions codified in this Act are repealed insofar as the provisions appeared in former Title 1, and provided that any rights or liabilities now existing under the repealed sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by the repeal.

Writs of Error

Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 23, 62 Stat. 990, provided that:

“All Acts of Congress referring to writs of error shall be construed as amended to the extent necessary to substitute appeal for writ of error.”