1959 - It shall be illegal for any foreign corporation to produce widgets except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Widgets may not be sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1970 - It shall be illegal for any corporation to produce widgets except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Widgets may not be sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1973 - No corporation shall produce or sell widgets except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Widgets may not be sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1979 - No person shall produce or sell widgets except during the times allowed by law. Widgets may not be produced or sold without having
first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1990 - No person shall produce or sell widgets except in accordance with regulations pertaining to this section. Widgets may not be produced or sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1994 - No person shall produce or sell widgets without first having obtained a license.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Do you even bother doing any legal research before posting this crap?

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I found this great example that illustrates how they screw you by the use of law.
Is it any wonder the old timers are such rabid scrappers when you talk to them about this country?


In the following fictitious example, we are going to provide you with the year that the statute was passed as well as the text. I will then give you the year of each amendment of the statute that changes the prior language. After viewing the progression of the changes, look again at the original version and take note of all the clarity that has been lost. You will see how the changes have rendered it impossible for a person to know the original intent of the law. This practice is more common than you would believe.

1959 - It shall be illegal for any foreign corporation to produce widgets except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Widgets may not be sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1970 - It shall be illegal for any corporation to produce widgets except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Widgets may not be sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1973 - No corporation shall produce or sell widgets except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Widgets may not be sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1979 - No person shall produce or sell widgets except during the times allowed by law. Widgets may not be produced or sold without having
first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1990 - No person shall produce or sell widgets except in accordance with regulations pertaining to this section. Widgets may not be produced or sold without having first obtained a license in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 12345.


1994 - No person shall produce or sell widgets without first having obtained a license.

What is important for the reader to know is that the intended meaning and application of the law, as indicated by its original language, cannot be altered by amendment! The 1994 versions still means the same exact thing as the 1959 version. If there are any questions as to the proper meaning and application of a law, the prudent person will seek out the earliest possible version of the statute in order to confirm the issues.

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

Oh good grief Real. Really........... good grief. This is Law 101.

You will have to explain how these amendments "screw" anyone, before you can attempt to assert that they were designed that way.

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

So.............. explain it for us dunces?

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

Sorry Real, but it looks to me that as in the case of amendments being made to statute, each amendment is designed to close some loophole or another that some enterprising person has found in the previous draft, or it is intended to update the statute according to changing circumstances surrounding that which the statute seeks to govern.

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