Section 414. Construction

a.  An  act  of  the legislature of the year
  nineteen hundred sixty-six or nineteen  hundred  sixty-seven  which,  in
  form,  amends or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or
  provisions of article two of  this  chapter,  as  in  force  and  effect
  immediately prior to April first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, shall be
  deemed  and  construed as an amendment or repeal, as the case may be, of
  the corresponding provision or provisions of this article.
    b. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-six or
  nineteen hundred sixty-seven which  adds,  or  purports  to  add  a  new
  section,  subdivision  or  other provision of law to article two of this
  chapter, as in force immediately prior to April first, nineteen  hundred
  sixty-seven, shall, except to the extent that the provisions of such act
  are  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of this article, be deemed and
  construed as having been added to this article and shall be  given  full
  effect  according to its context as if the same had been added expressly
  and in terms to this article, and shall be deemed and construed to  have
  been  inserted  in this article in the appropriate position in regard to
  and as modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions
  of this article.