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N.Y. General Obligations Law § 1-203: Provisions excluding application of certain sections to matters previous to dates of their original enactment

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  1. General Obligations Law
  2. Article 1. Short Title; Construction; Applicability of Certain Sections
  3. Title 2. Construction; Applicability of Certain Sections

§ 1-203. Provisions excluding application of certain sections to

matters previous to dates of their original enactment. 1. Section 1-202

applies to all obligations arising on or after September first, nineteen

hundred seventy-four.

2. Section 3-101 applies to contracts made on or after April

thirteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one.

3. Section 3-107 applies to contracts made on or after September

first, nineteen hundred sixty-one.

5. Section 3-311 does not affect any interest or right of survivorship

existing prior to April twentieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine.

7. Subdivision two of section 3-313 does not affect any right, cause

of action or defense existing prior to September first, nineteen hundred

thirty-seven.

9. Section 5-301 applies to undertakings or promises made on or after

January twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred thirty-five.

11. Section 5-903 applies to contracts executed or renewed after

October first, nineteen hundred sixty-one.

13. Section 5-1103 applies to agreements made on or after April sixth,

nineteen hundred thirty-six; sections 5-1105, 5-1107 and 5-1109 apply to

assignments, promises or offers made on or after September first,

nineteen hundred forty-one.

15. Section 5-1115 applies to deeds or conveyances delivered on or

after September first, nineteen hundred forty-four.

17. Section 5-1311 applies to contracts made after May twenty-sixth,

nineteen hundred thirty-six.

19. Section 9-101 applies to injuries sustained after September first,

nineteen hundred forty-six.

21. Section 13-107 applies to transfers made after September first,

nineteen hundred fifty.

23. Title 1 of Article 15 applies to obligations arising on or after

April sixth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight.

25. a. Subdivision one of section 15-301 applies to agreements or

instruments executed on or after September first, nineteen hundred

forty-one.

b. Subdivisions two, three and four of section 15-301 apply to

agreements or instruments executed on or after September first, nineteen

hundred fifty-two.

c. Subdivision five of section 15-301 applies to agreements, evidences

of termination, notices of termination or waivers with respect to

agreements or other instruments executed on or after April fifth,

nineteen hundred forty-four.

27. Section 15-303 applies to written instruments executed on or after

April third, nineteen hundred thirty-six.

29. Section 15-501 applies to executory accords made on or after March

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-seven.

31. Subdivision one of section 15-503 applies to offers made on or

after March eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-seven.

33. Section 17-103 applies to promises made on or after September

first, nineteen hundred sixty-one.

35. Section 17-105 applies to waivers, promises, agreements, recitals

and acknowledgments made on or after September first, nineteen hundred

sixty-one.

37. Section 17-107 applies to payments made on or after September

first, nineteen hundred sixty-one.

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