STATUTES GENERALLY

§ 13.121. Grammar and punctuation.

 The act (1 Pa.C.S. §  1923) provides that:

   (1)  Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a statute and a transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to where a sentence is without meaning as it stands.

   (2)  In no case shall the punctuation of a statute control or affect the intention of the General Assembly in the enactment thereof unless the statute was finally enacted after December 31, 1964.

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