1-3-1 Definition – OFFENSE

The word “Offense” shall mean any act forbidden by any provision of this Code or the omission of any act required by the provisions of this Code.

1-2-3 COURT PROCEEDINGS

No new ordinance shall be construed or held to repeal a former ordinance, whether such former ordinance is expressly repealed or not, as to any offense committed against such former ordinance or as to any act done, any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred, or an right accrued or claim arising under the former ordinance, or in any way whatever to affect any such offense or act so committed or so done, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred or any right accrued or claim arising before the new ordinance takes effect, save only that the proceedings, thereafter shall conform to the ordinance in force at the time of such proceeding, so far as practicable.  If any penalty, forfeiture or punishment be mitigated by any provision of a new ordinance, such provision may be, by the consent of the party affect, applied to any judgment announced after the new ordinance takes effect.