§ 1-6. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.

(a)

All ordinances passed subsequent to the adoption of this Code which may amend, repeal or in any way affect the same may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion herein. In the case of repealed chapters, sections and subsections or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed or omitted, in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new Code by the city council.

(b)

Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in substantially the following language: "That section _____ of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Westfield, Massachusetts, is hereby amended to read as follows:…". The new provisions should then be set out in full as desired.

(c)

If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language should be used: "That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Westfield, Massachusetts, is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered _____, which section reads as follows:…". The new section should be then set out in full as desired.

(d)

All sections, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed should be specifically repealed by section, article or chapter number, as the case may be.

(Code 1971, § 1-6)