The repeal of any law shall not affect any right accrued, any duty imposed, any penalty incurred, or any proceeding commenced, under or by virtue of the law repealed. Any civil suit, action, or proceeding pending to enforce any right under the authority of the law repealed shall and may be proceeded with and concluded under the laws in existence when the suit, action, or proceeding was instituted, notwithstanding the repeal of such laws; or the same may be proceeded with and concluded under the provisions of the new law, if any, enacted.
Minn. Stat. § 645.35
EFFECT OF REPEAL.
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case United States v. United States Coin & Currency (1971)
Most recently applied in In Re Instructions to Construe Basic Resolution 876 of the Port Authority of St. Paul (September 2009)
1941 c 492 s 35
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