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GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS:
1-4.1 Provisions Considered As Continuations Of Existing Ordinances1:
The provisions appearing in this Code, so far as they are the same as those of ordinances existing at the time of the effective date of this Code, shall be considered as continuations thereof insofar as they apply to conditions existing prior to the effective date of this Code. (Code 1972 §1-3)
1-4.2 Catchlines Of Sections:
The catchlines of several sections of this Code printed in boldface type are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section or subsection and shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such sections, nor as any part of the section or subsection, unless otherwise expressly provided, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such sections or subsections, including the catchlines, are amended or reenacted. (Code 1972 §1-4)
1-4.3 Effect Of Repeal Of Ordinances:
The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any ordinances in force before or at the time the ordinance repealed took effect.
The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment or penalty incurred before the repeal took effect, nor any suit, prosecution or proceeding for violation of the ordinance pending at the time of the repeal. (Code 1972 §1-5)
1-4.4 Severability:
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, subsection or section of this Code shall be declared unconstitutional, invalid or unenforceable by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, subsections and sections of this Code. (Code 1972 §1-6)
1-4.5 Amendments To Code; Effect Of New Ordinances; Amendatory Language:
All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code, may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion herein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection or any portion thereof, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new Code by the City Council.
Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code may be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: “That section...of the Code of the City of Lynwood is hereby amended to read as follows:...” The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.
In the event a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language may be used: “That the Code of the City of Lynwood is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered..., which the section reads as follows:...” The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.
All subsections, sections, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by subsection, section, or chapter number, with reference to the subject matter, as the case may be. (Code 1972 §1-7)
See Government Code §2.