Amendments to Code.
Batesville Code of Ordinances § 1-6
in effectSec. 1-6. - Amendments to Code.
(a) All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion in this Code. In the case of repealed chapters, sections and subsections or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinance until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new Code of Ordinances by the mayor and board of aldermen.
(b) Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code may be made by amending the provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "That section _____ of the Code of Ordinances, City of Batesville, Mississippi, is hereby amended to read as follows:…." The new provisions shall then be set out in full as enacted.
(c) If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language may be used: "That the Code of Ordinances, City of Batesville, Mississippi, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered _____, which section reads as follows:…." The new section shall then be set out in full as enacted.
(d) All sections, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by section, article or chapter number, as the case may be.
Source: City of Batesville, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/batesville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-6AMCOFetched: 10/31/2026