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TITLE 1
CHAPTER 2
Part 1
Montana Code Annotated 2021
TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 2. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
Part 1. General Provisions
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