It is an everlasting law that no positive and human law shall be perpetual, and a clause which excludes abrogation is void from its commencement.

Explanation

No human law can make itself eternal; a statute purporting to prevent its own future repeal exceeds the legislative power and is void ab initio.

Where this applies

• A statute claims to be permanent and unrepeatable.
• No human law can make itself eternal — the legislature can always change its mind.
• A clause that tries to prevent future repeal exceeds legislative power and is void.

See also

• 11.3.1 A clause in a law which precludes its own repeal is void from the beginning.
• 11.3.9 A derogatory clause does not prevent things from being dissolved by the same power which created them.