Sec. 18. The repeal of any statute or part thereof contained herein shall not have the effect to release, relinquish or affect any crime, penalty, fine, forfeiture or liability committed or incurred under such repealed statute or part thereof, and such repealed statute or part thereof shall remain in force for the purpose of instituting or sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of any penalty, fine, forfeiture or liability.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.788
Effect of repeals
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 187 Mich. App. 36 - Rehmann, Robson & Co. v. McMahan (1991)
Most recently applied in 19 F. Supp. 2d 766 - McElwee v. Wharton (September 1998)
1984, Act 274, Eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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