When the code shall be printed and bound, it shall be deemed a sufficient publication of all ordinances contained therein, and they shall be received in evidence without further proof in all cases, suits, or proceedings had, instituted or prosecuted under the provisions thereof, and in pleading any ordinance or part of ordinance in prosecutions and proceedings had by virtue of any of the provisions thereof, it shall be sufficient to designate the number of the section or chapter under which the action is instituted or proceedings had.
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, RSMo. § 71.943