Later laws prevail over those which preceded them.

Explanation

When two laws conflict and cannot be reconciled, the later enactment governs — the sovereign will most recently expressed is the one in force.

Where this applies

• Two statutes on the same subject conflict with each other.
• A new law contradicts an older one and someone wants to know which controls.

See also

• 1.5.20 Reason is the soul of law; when the reason of the law changes, the law itself changes.
• 1.5.21 The reason of the law ceasing, the law itself ceases.