N.D. Cent. Code § 1-02-17
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1-02-17. Repeal - Effect
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1-02-17. Repeal - Effect
The repeal of any statute by the legislative assembly, or by the people through an initiated
law, does not have the effect of releasing or extinguishing any penalty, fine, liability, or forfeiture
incurred under such statute, but as to cases tried before, or subsequent to, the repeal of such
statute, it has the effect of extinguishing any jail or prison sentence that may be, or that has
been, imposed by reason of said law, unless the repealing act provides expressly that the
penalties of imprisonment shall remain in force as to crimes committed in violation of such law
prior to its repeal. In other respects, such act shall remain in force only for the purpose of the
enforcement of such fine, penalty, or forfeiture.
The repeal of any statute by the legislative assembly, or by the people through an initiated
law, does not have the effect of releasing or extinguishing any penalty, fine, liability, or forfeiture
incurred under such statute, but as to cases tried before, or subsequent to, the repeal of such
statute, it has the effect of extinguishing any jail or prison sentence that may be, or that has
been, imposed by reason of said law, unless the repealing act provides expressly that the
penalties of imprisonment shall remain in force as to crimes committed in violation of such law
prior to its repeal. In other respects, such act shall remain in force only for the purpose of the
enforcement of such fine, penalty, or forfeiture.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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