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Montana Code Annotated (2021)
Table of Contents
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TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
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CHAPTER 2. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
Part 1. General Provisions
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2025
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2023
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2019
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2017
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2015
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2013
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2011
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2009
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2007
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2005
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2003
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2001
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1999
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1997
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1995
1-2-101
- Role Of The Judge – Preference To Construction Giving Each Provision Meaning
1-2-102
- Intention Of The Legislature – Particular And General Provisions
1-2-103
- Statutes In Derogation Of The Common Law – Liberal Construction
1-2-104
- Preference To Construction Favoring Natural Right
1-2-105
- General Definitional Rules – Verb Tense, Gender, And Number
1-2-106
- Construction Of Words And Phrases
1-2-107
- Applicability Of Definitions
1-2-108
- Reference To Other Titles, Chapters, Parts, Sections, Or Subsections – Subsequent Amendments
1-2-109
- When Laws Retroactive
1-2-110
- All Statutes Subject To Repeal
1-2-111
- Effect Of Code On Special, Local, And Private Statutes
1-2-112
- Statutes Imposing New Local Government Duties
1-2-113
- Statutes Imposing New Duties On A School District To Provide Means Of Financing
1-2-114
- Bill Restriction
1-2-115
- Enforcement
1-2-116
- State Agencies Not To Shift Cost To Local Governments