Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3127 – Conflict with other laws
(a) Whenever the restrictions of any other statute, local ordinance or regulation are consistent with but more restrictive than the restrictions imposed pursuant to this chapter, such statute, local ordinance or regulation shall govern.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3127
- Emergency: means any situation which requires efforts and capabilities to save lives or to protect property, public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster in Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 20 Sec. 3102
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) During a state of emergency, whenever the restrictions imposed pursuant to this chapter are inconsistent and in conflict with those required by any other statute, local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the emergency order imposed pursuant to this chapter shall govern.
(c) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to infringe in any way upon the powers of the fire officers-in-charge as defined in § 6701A of Title 16, or any successor statute.
20 Del. C. 1953, § ?3127; 56 Del. Laws, c. 118, § ?2; 71 Del. Laws, c. 207, § ?1;