1 Pa. C.S. § 1932 : Consolidated Statutes — GENERAL PROVISIONS — STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION — RULES OF CONSTRUCTION — CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES — Statutes in pari materia TEXT PDF (a) Statutes or parts of statutes are in pari materia when they relate to the same persons or things or to the same class of persons or things. (b) Statutes in pari materia shall be construed together, if possible, as one statute. 1 Pa.C.S. § 1932 1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1339, No. 290, § 3, imd. effective.