§ 109. — Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 1USC109]
TITLE 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2--ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; FORMALITIES OF ENACTMENT; REPEALS;
SEALING OF INSTRUMENTS
Sec. 109. Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities
The repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to release or
extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under such
statute, unless the repealing Act shall so expressly provide, and such
statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of
sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such
penalty, forfeiture, or liability. The expiration of a temporary statute
shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty,
forfeiture, or liability incurred under such statute, unless the
temporary statute shall so expressly provide, and such statute shall be
treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any
proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty,
forfeiture, or liability.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 635.)