Chapter 8.01
Preliminary Article

Sections:

8.01.010    Preliminary statement.

8.01.010 Preliminary statement.

A.    This title as adopted and as it may hereafter be amended, supplemented and modified shall be known as, and may be cited as the criminal code, as a part of the municipal code.

B.    The provisions of this code shall apply to any offense that is a violation of the code committed on or after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

C.    The provisions of this code do not apply to, or govern, the construction of and punishment for any offense committed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or to the construction and application of any defense to a prosecution for such an offense. Such an offense must be construed and punished according to the provisions of law, whether set forth in the existing provisions of the municipal code or applicable state statute, existing at the time of the commission thereof in the same manner as if this chapter had not been enacted.

D.    If any provision of this code, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected, and to this end the provisions of this code are declared to be severable.

E.    Section captions are for organizational purposes only and shall not be construed as part of this code. (Ord. 1418 §1(part), 1999).