§1-8  No revivor on repeal; exception. The repeal of any law shall not revive any other law which has been repealed,unless it is clearly expressed. [CC 1859, pt of §20; RL 1925, §22; RL 1935,§24; RL 1945, §24; RL 1955, §1-11; HRS §1-8]

 

Case Notes

 

  Statute repealing 1870 divorce law without expresslyreenacting previous statutes on the subject would result in there being no lawto enable divorces to be granted, if the repealing statute were valid.  3 H.661.

  No revival under this section where statutes attempted to berevived referred to only in general terms.  7 H. 359.