{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-281-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 281, § 2","heading":"Construction of General Laws as continuation of former acts","body":"Section 2. The provisions of the General Laws, so far as they are the same as those of existing statutes, shall be construed as a continuation thereof and not as new enactments, and a reference in a statute which has not been repealed to provisions of law which are revised and re-enacted herein shall be construed as applying to such provisions as so incorporated in the General Laws.","path":["Part V","Title I","Chapter 281"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartV/TitleI/Chapter281/Section2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:23Z","sha256":"9e80550f8ae79693809fefcee90dc04336e55c7df011adb487326a9bbd22bfaf","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-281-1","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-281-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}