§1-11 - Effect of repeal on pending suit or prosecution.

§1-11  Effect of repeal on pending suit orprosecution.  No suit or prosecution pending at the time of the repeal ofany law, for any offense committed, or for the recovery of any penalty orforfeiture incurred under the law so repealed, shall be affected by suchrepeal. [CC 1859, §23; RL 1925, §25; RL 1935, §27; RL 1945, §27; RL 1955,§1-14; HRS §1-11]

Case Notes

  Prosecution for gaming valid though law repealed pendingappeal taken for trial de novo.  9 H. 98.

  Section applied and minimum term of imprisonment wasdeterminable under the law as it existed at time of commission of crime.  50 H.351, 440 P.2d 528.