Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-2-108
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Effect on criminal offenses
Official statutory text
No offense committed, and no penalty or forfeiture incurred, under any act hereby repealed, and before January 1, 1956, shall be affected by the repeal; except that when a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by the provisions herein contained, such provisions may be applied to the judgment pronounced after December 31, 1955. Code 1858, § 45; Shan., § 59a3; Code 1932, § 8; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-208.
No offense committed, and no penalty or forfeiture incurred, under any act hereby repealed, and before January 1, 1956, shall be affected by the repeal; except that when a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by the provisions herein contained, such provisions may be applied to the judgment pronounced after December 31, 1955.
Code 1858, § 45; Shan., § 59a3; Code 1932, § 8; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-208.
No offense committed, and no penalty or forfeiture incurred, under any act hereby repealed, and before January 1, 1956, shall be affected by the repeal; except that when a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by the provisions herein contained, such provisions may be applied to the judgment pronounced after December 31, 1955.
Code 1858, § 45; Shan., § 59a3; Code 1932, § 8; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-208.
Status: in_force
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