Section 17. Construction  


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  • The provisions of this chapter shall be construed
      as a continuation of the provisions  of  sections  two  hundred  to  two
      hundred  and  four of chapter thirty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred
      and nine, as amended by chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the  laws
      of  nineteen  hundred  and  ten, and not as a new enactment, and nothing
      contained in this chapter shall  apply  to  employers  or  employees  in
      hazardous  occupations  as such occupations are defined by the workmen's
      compensation law.