§ 103Construction

(a) The provisions of this act
are severable, and if any article, section or clause of this
act, or part thereof, is held to be unconstitutional, the
decision shall not be construed to affect or invalidate any
other provisions of this act, or the act as a whole. It is
hereby declared as the legislative intent that this act would
have been adopted had such unconstitutional provision not been
included therein.
   (b) The provisions of this act, so far as they are the same
as those of existing laws, are intended as a continuation of
such laws, and not as new enactments. The repeal by this act
of any act of Assembly, or part thereof, shall not revive any
act, or part thereof, heretofore repealed or superseded. The
provisions of this act shall not affect any act done, liability
or penalty incurred, right accrued or vested, or nomination
made prior to the taking effect of this act, nor shall they
affect any suit of prosecution then pending or to be instituted
to enforce any right or penalty then accrued or to punish any
offense theretofore committed. Any person holding office under
any act of Assembly repealed by this act shall continue to hold
such office until the expiration of the term thereof, subject
to the conditions attached to such office prior to the passage
of this act.
   (c) Whenever in this act reference is made to any other act
by title, such reference shall be construed to apply to, and
include any codification or other act of Assembly wherein the
provisions of the act referred to are substantially re-enacted.
   (d) Whenever the masculine gender is used in this act, it
shall be construed to include the feminine.
   (e) In determining or reckoning any period of time mentioned
in this act, the day upon which the act is done, paper filed,
or notice given, shall be excluded from, and the date of the
primary, election, hearing or other subsequent event, as the
case may be, shall be included in the calculation or reckoning:
Provided, however, That if the last day upon which any act may
be done, paper filed, or notice given, shall fall on a Sunday
or a legal holiday, the next following ordinary business day
shall be considered as the last day for said purpose.