Practice question
A replacement penal statute expressly preserves pending prosecutions for the earlier offense. The accused argues that the repealing clause alone automatically ends the pending case. Which is best?
- A saving clause can never have effect
- Every repeal always defeats every express preservation
- The saving clause and actual statutory scheme must be applied; repeal alone does not establish the asserted automatic termination
- The judge must ignore the replacement statute
- The complainant may privately repeal the saving clause
Legal references
- People v.YYY, GR262941, February20,2024: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/feb2024/gr_262941_2024.html
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