Scope, retroactivity, and coverage
- Section 1 makes the provisions of Act No. 449 retroactive.
- The retroactivity applies to all contracts for feeding prisoners confined in provincial jails.
- Coverage includes contracts entered into by provincial authorities prior to the passage of Act No. 449.
- The retroactive application covers contracts that fall under Act No. 449’s authorization for provincial boards.
Core substantive rule: higher per diem authorization
- Act No. 449 authorizes provincial boards to make contracts for feeding prisoners at a rate exceeding twenty cents, local currency, per diem, for each prisoner.
- Section 1 provides that this authorization applies retroactively to prior prisoner-feeding contracts made before Act No. 449.
- The retroactive effect is for contracts “entered into” by provincial authorities before Act No. 449 was passed.
Procedure and expedited enactment
- Section 2 declares that the public good requires speedy enactment.
- Section 2 orders expedited passage in accordance with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.