1-4 - Effect of such repeal generally; effect of revision or amendment of state Constitution.
§ 1-4. Effect of such repeal generally; effect of revision or amendment ofstate Constitution.
No such repeal nor any amendment or revision of the Constitution of Virginiashall affect any offense or act committed or done, or any penalty orforfeiture incurred, or any right established, accrued, or accruing beforethe day upon which such repeal, amendment or revision takes effect, or anyprosecution, suit, or proceeding pending on that day, except that theproceedings thereafter had shall conform, so far as practicable, to theprovisions of this Code; and where any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment ismitigated by those provisions, such provisions may, with the consent of theparty affected, be applied to any judgment to be pronounced after that day;and such repeal, amendment or revision as to any statute of limitations,under which the bar of a right of action or remedy is complete at the timethe repeal, amendment or revision takes effect, shall not be deemed a removalof such bar, but the bar shall continue, notwithstanding such repeal,amendment or revision.
(Code 1919, § 6569; R. P. 1948, § 1-4; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 14.)