Sec. 4-b. The catch line heading of any section of the statutes that follows the act section number shall in no way be deemed to be a part of the section or the statute, or be used to construe the section more broadly or narrowly than the text of the section would indicate, but shall be deemed to be inserted for purposes of convenience to persons using publications of the statutes.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.4b
Catchline not part of section
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case People v. Dixon (1974)
Most recently applied in 326 Mich. App. 641 - Ron Vanalstine v. Land O'Lakes Purina Feeds LLC (December 2018)
Add. 1931, Act 25, Imd
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