§2-2-1. Legal Holidays; Official Acts or Court Proceedings
(a) The following days are legal holidays: (1) January 1 is "New Year's Day";
§2-2-10. Rules for Construction of Statutes
The following rules shall be observed in the construction of statutes, unless a different intent on the part of the Legislature is apparent from the context: (a) A word importing the singular number only may be applied to several persons or things, as well as to one person or thing; a word importing the plural […]
§2-2-11. Repeal of Validating Statutes; Effect
The repeal by any provision of this code of a statute validating previous acts, contracts or transactions shall not affect the validity of such acts, contracts or transactions, but the same shall remain as valid as if there had been no such repeal, but no further.
§2-2-12. Headlines, etc., Not Part of Act; Notes, etc., Attached to Bills Not to Be Construed as Expressing Legislative Intent
Chapter, article or section headings, headlines or headnotes of any act of the Legislature, whether in the act at the time of passage or inserted by the Clerk of the House of Delegates in editing, compiling and publishing the acts of the Legislature, are hereby declared to be mere catchwords and shall not be deemed […]
§2-2-13. Official Business and Records of the State to Be in English; Exceptions; Definition
(a) All official business of this state shall be conducted in the English language. All official records, documents, rules, orders, and publications shall be printed in English and all official programs, meetings, transactions, and actions conducted by or on behalf of the state and all its political subdivisions shall be in English. (b) Other languages […]
§2-2-1a. Special Memorial Days
(a) The Governor shall, by proclamation, declare the week beginning with the Sunday before Thanksgiving as a special memorial week to be known as Native American Indian Heritage Week. (b) The first Tuesday after the first Monday of November is designated Susan B. Anthony Day and shall only be a legal holiday in all years […]
§2-2-2. When Acts to Be Done Fall on Saturday, Sunday or Legal Holiday; Adjournments From Day to Day
(a) When a proceeding is directed to take place or any act to be done on any particular day of the month or within any period of time prescribed or allowed, including those provided by article two, chapter fifty-five, of this code, if that day or the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal […]
§2-2-3. Computation of Time
The provisions of sections one and two of this article relating to the time or period prescribed or allowed within which an act is to be done shall not be deemed to change any rule of law applicable to bills of exchange or negotiable notes.
§2-2-4. Month; Year; Fiscal Year
In a statute the word "month" shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord." The fiscal year for the state, all counties, all districts, all municipalities, all school districts, all other political subdivisions, and all bodies […]
§2-2-5. Acts by Agent or Deputy
When a statute requires an act to be done by an officer or person, it shall be sufficient if it be done by his agent or deputy, unless it be such as cannot lawfully be done by deputation.
§2-2-6. Seals
When the seal of the state, or of a court, officer or corporation is to be affixed to any paper, an impression of such seal upon the paper shall be sufficient. When the seal of a natural person is required to a paper, he may affix thereto a scroll by way of seal, or adopt […]
§2-2-7. Affirmation Equivalent to Oath
A solemn affirmation shall be equivalent to an oath in all cases, unless otherwise expressly provided, and the word "oath" shall be deemed to include an affirmation and the word "swear" or "sworn" to be complied with if the person referred to make solemn affirmation.
§2-2-8. Effect of Repeal or Expiration of Law
The repeal of a law, or its expiration by virtue of any provision contained therein, shall not affect any offense committed, or penalty or punishment incurred, before the repeal took effect, or the law expired, save only that the proceedings thereafter had shall conform as far as practicable to the laws in force at the […]
§2-2-9. Repeal of Repealing Act
When a law which has repealed another is itself repealed, the former law shall not be revived without express words for the purpose.