(a) The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any repealed ordinance.
(b) The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment or penalty incurred before the repeal took effect, nor any suit, prosecution or proceeding pending at the time of the repeal, for an offense committed under the ordinance repealed.
(Code 1976, § 1-6; Code 1982, § 1-13)
State law reference(s)--Repeal of statute not to affect actions, G.S. 12-2.