West Virginia Code § 2-2-12

Headlines, etc., not part of act; notes, etc., attached to bills not to be
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construed as expressing legislative intent.
Chapter, article, or section headings, headlines or headnotes of any act of the Legislature,
whether in the act at the time of passage or inserted by the Clerk of the House of Delegates
in editing, compiling and publishing the acts of the Legislature, are mere catchwords and
shall not be deemed or construed to be titles of such chapters, articles, or seections, or as any
part thereof, or as indicating or expressing legislative intent or purpose.
Abstracts of bills or of changes proposed in existing statutes, explanatory notes, and
declarations of purpose accompanying bills at the time of introduuction in the Legislature or
appended or attached thereto after introduction, and included with copies of such bills
printed or otherwise reproduced by the Legislature or eithert house thereof, are not to be a
part of such bills or of reports of committees thereon, and shall not be construed or
interpreted as indicating or expressing legislative intent.

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