1 U.S.C. § 109 : US Code - Section 109: Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities

Search 1 U.S.C. § 109 : US Code - Section 109: Repeal of statutes as affecting existing liabilities

The repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to release or
extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under
such statute, unless the repealing Act shall so expressly provide,
and such statute shall be treated as still remaining in force for
the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the
enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability. The
expiration of a temporary statute shall not have the effect to
release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability
incurred under such statute, unless the temporary statute shall so
expressly provide, and such statute shall be treated as still
remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action
or prosecution for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or
liability.