§31A-8-18. References to code provisions.
Wherever in the code of West Virginia, in any act, in
general law or elsewhere in the law, reference is made to any
section, any article, any chapter or any particular provision or
term thereof of the code of West Virginia which is repealed by
the passage of this new chapter thirty-one-a of the code of West
Virginia, as such section, article, chapter, particular provision
or term thereof existed immediately prior to the effective date
of this new chapter thirty-one-a, such reference shall henceforth
be read, construed and understood to mean the comparable section,
article, chapter, particular provision or term of this new
chapter thirty-one-a.