UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 1713
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AN ACT relating to construction of statutes. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 446.080 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1)[ All statutes of this state shall be liberally construed with a view to promote their 4
objects and carry out the intent of the legislature, and the rule that statutes in 5
derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall not apply to the 6
statutes of this state. 7
(2)] There shall be no difference in the construction of civil, penal, and criminal statutes. 8
(2)[(3)] No statute shall be construed to be retroactive, unless expressly so declared. 9
(3)[(4)] All words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and 10
approved usage of language, but technical words and phrases, and such others as 11
may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be 12
construed according to such meaning. 13