§ 1-7. Code and future ordinances do not affect prior offenses, rights, etc.  


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  • (a)

    Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall affect any offense or act committed or done, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any contract or right established or accruing, before the effective date of this Code.

    (b)

    No offense committed, and no fine, forfeiture, or penalty incurred before the provisions of any ordinance, part of an ordinance or resolution are repealed, shall be affected, released, or in any way discharged by such repeal. But trial, conviction, and punishment for any such offense and recovery of fines, forfeitures, and penalties shall be had in all respects as if the repealed provisions had remained in force.

(Code 1950, §§ 011.12-1, 011.12-4)