§ 414. Construction. a. An act of the legislature of the year
nineteen hundred sixty-six or nineteen hundred sixty-seven which, in
form, amends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or
provisions of article two of this chapter, as in force and effect
immediately prior to April first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, shall be
deemed and construed as an amendment or repeal, as the case may be, of
the corresponding provision or provisions of this article.

b. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-six or
nineteen hundred sixty-seven which adds, or purports to add a new
section, subdivision or other provision of law to article two of this
chapter, as in force immediately prior to April first, nineteen hundred
sixty-seven, shall, except to the extent that the provisions of such act
are inconsistent with the provisions of this article, be deemed and
construed as having been added to this article and shall be given full
effect according to its context as if the same had been added expressly
and in terms to this article, and shall be deemed and construed to have
been inserted in this article in the appropriate position in regard to
and as modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions
of this article.