Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico
§ 916. Ratification of previous legislation
Statutory text
All legislation heretofore enacted by the Legislature of Puerto Rico dealing with the subject matter of sections 911 to 916 of this title and not inconsistent herewith is ratified and confirmed.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 75–703 § 6 · 52 Stat. 1203
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 916
(June 25, 1938, ch. 703, § 6, 52 Stat. 1203.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1938, ch. 703, § 6, 52 Stat. 1203.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. All legislation heretofore enacted by the Legislature of Puerto Rico dealing with the subject matter of this Act and not inconsistent herewith is hereby ratified and confirmed.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.
Credits
(June 25, 1938, ch. 703, § 6, 52 Stat. 1203.)