The provisions of any law or statute which is reenacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of a prior law, shall be construed as a continuation of such law and not as a new enactment.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 1.120
Reenactments, how construed
Known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act
The act spans §§ 1–1 (43 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1957; (RSMo 1939 § 683, A. 1949 S.B. 1001, A.L. 1957 p. 587); Prior revisions: 1929 § 683; 1919 § 7087; 1909 § 8086
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.