101.04 REPEAL OF REPEALING ACT; EFFECT OF REPEAL.

   (a)    When a law which has repealed another is itself repealed, the former law shall not be revived without express words for that purpose.

(WVaC 2-2-9)

   (b)    The repeal of a law, or its expiration by virtue of any provision contained therein, shall not affect any offense committed, or penalty or punishment incurred, before the repeal took effect or the law expired, save only that the proceedings thereafter shall conform as far as practicable to the laws in force at the time such proceedings take place, unless otherwise specially provided; and that if any penalty or punishment be mitigated by the new law, such new law may, with the consent of the part affected thereby, be applied to any judgment pronounced after it has taken effect. (WVaC 2-2-8)

   (c)    The repeal by any provision of the Codified Ordinances of an ordinance validating previous acts, contracts or transactions shall not affect the validity of such acts, contracts or transactions, but the same shall remain as valid as if there had been no such repeal, but no further. (WVaC 2-2-11)

101.05 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION REFERENCES.

   When reference is made to any section or group of sections of the Codified Ordinances, such reference shall extend to and include any amendment  of or supplement to the section or group of sections so referred to or any section or sections hereafter enacted in lieu thereof; and unless otherwise provided, whenever a reference to a section or group of sections is made in any amendment or supplement to any section of the Codified Ordinances hereafter enacted, such reference shall be deemed to refer to the section or sections as the same shall then stand or as thereafter amended.

   Whenever in a penalty section reference is made to a violation of a section or an inclusive group of sections, such reference shall be construed to mean a violation of any provision of the section or sections included in such reference.

   References in the Codified Ordinances to action taken or authorized under designated sections of the Codified Ordinances include, in every case, action taken or authorized under the applicable legislative provision which is superseded by the Codified Ordinances.

   If a section refers to a series of numbers or letters, the first and the last number or letters in the series are deemed to be included.

101.06 ACTS BY AGENT OR DEPUTY.

   When a section requires that an act be done by an officer or person, it shall be sufficient if it be done by his agent or deputy, unless it be such as cannot lawfully be done by deputation. (WVaC 2-2-5)