Cite as: 25 CNCA § 7

A. In codifying laws enacted by the Council, the publisher may, where it will not alter the sense, meaning or effect of the law:

1. Renumber and rearrange sections or parts of sections.

2. Combine sections or divide sections so as to give to distinct subject matter a separate section.

3. Furnish or change the wording of section catchlines.

4. Substitute the proper section or chapter number for the terms "this act," "this law," "the preceding section" and the like.

5. Strike out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice versa.

6. Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity.

7. Correct manifest typographical, spelling and grammatical errors.

8. Make any other purely formal or clerical changes.

9. Change references to titles, chapters, subchapters, sections and subdivisions thereof where necessitated by renumbering or rearrangement of sections during codification or by subsequent substantive changes in the law.

10. Change references to governmental bodies and officers where necessitated by discrepancies in laws being prepared for codification or by subsequent substantive changes in the law.

B. The publisher may omit all titles of acts, all enacting, resolving, and repealing clauses, all severability clauses, all appropriation measures, all temporary or local statutes, all declarations of emergency, and all validity, declaration of policy, and construction clauses, except where the retention thereof is necessary to preserve the full meaning and intent of the law.

C. Any change made under subdivision 9 or 10 of subsection (A) of this section shall be approved by the Code Commission or its designee and shall be accompanied by an explanatory editorial note.