Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.
Oxford Code of Ordinances § 1-6
in effectSec. 1-6. - Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.
(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 herein. In the case of repeal of chapters, sections and subsections or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby.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 ordinances until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new Code by the mayor and board of aldermen.
(b) Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code may be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in substantially the following language: "That section _______ of the Code of Ordinances of the City, is hereby amended to read as follows:…." The new provisions shall then be set out in full as enacted.
(c) In the event a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language may be used: "That the Code of Ordinances of the City, 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(d) All sections, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed shall be specifically repealed by section, article or chapter number, as the case may be.
(Code 1968, § 1-6)
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