When by the provisions of a repealing statute a new penalty is substituted for an offense punishable under the law repealed, such repealing statute shall not exempt from punishment a person who has offended against the repealed law while it was in force, but in such case the rule prescribed in section 1-246 shall govern.
A.R.S. § 1-247
Repeal of law and substitution of penalty; effect
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Brown (1979)
Most recently applied in State v. Scrivner (December 1979)
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.