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Pleading ordinances.
152.   Section 10. In all judicial proceedings it shall not be necessary to plead an entire ordinance or section, but it shall be sufficient to plead any ordinance by title and the number of section or sections violated.
Judicial notice of ordinances.
153.   Section 11. Judicial notice shall be taken of the enactment, existence, provisions and continuing force of all ordinances of the city.
Proof of records in court.
154.   Section 12. Whenever it shall be necessary to prove any ordinance or resolution of the council in any judicial proceedings, the same may be proved from the record thereof kept by the clerk, by a copy thereof duly certified by the clerk under the seal of the city, or from any volume purporting to have been published, printed and compiled by authority of the council.
155.   Section 13.
Editor’s note:
   This paragraph, dealing with jurisdiction of the justice of the peace over ordinance violations has been deleted as justices of the peace have been abolished. See M.C.L.A. § 600.9921
Penalty for violation.
156.   Section 14. The penalty for the violation of any city law or ordinance shall not exceed a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the city prison, county jail or in any work house in the state, authorized by ordinance to receive prisoners from the city, for more than ninety (90) days or both in the discretion of the court.
Statutory reference:
   Limitation on penalties, see M.C.L.A. § 117.4i(10)
Ordinances to remain in force.
157.   Section 15. All ordinances, regulations and resolutions in force at the time this charter shall take effect and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall remain and be in force until amended, modified or repealed.