Montana Code Annotated 2003
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TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 2. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION


Part 1. General Provisions

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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.