N.Y. Public Health Law § 5001: Saving clause; construction

§ 5001. Saving clause; construction. 1. Nothing contained in this act

shall affect or impair any act done or right accruing, accrued or

acquired, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the

time when this act shall take effect, under or by virtue of the

provision or provisions of the public health law, as in force

immediately prior to the time this act shall take effect, but the same

may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the

same extent as if this act shall not have taken effect.

2. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred fifty-four

which adds or purports to add a new article, section, subdivision or

other provision of law to the public health law, as in force immediately

prior to the time this act shall take effect, shall be deemed and

construed as having been added to such law, as amended by this act, and

shall be given full effect according to its context as if the same had

been added expressly and in terms of such law, as amended by this act,

and shall be deemed and construed to have been inserted in such law, as

amended by this act, in the appropriate respective position in regard to

and as modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions

of such law, as amended by this act.

3. Reference in any act of the legislature of the year nineteen

hundred fifty-four to an existing article, section, subdivision or other

provision of the public health law, as in force immediately prior to the

time this act shall take effect, shall be deemed and construed to refer

to the corresponding article, section, subdivision or other provision of

such law, as renumbered, modified or amended by this act.

4. Reference in any general, special or local law, rule, regulation or

public document to any provision or provisions of the public health law,

as in force immediately prior to the time this act shall take effect,

shall be deemed to be and construed as a reference to the corresponding

provision or provisions of such law, as renumbered, modified or amended

by this act, irrespective of whether such provision or provisions is or

are contained in one or more than one title, article, section,

subdivision or other part thereof.

5. The provisions of this chapter in so far as they are substantially

the same as the existing provisions of the public health law shall be

construed as a continuation of the provisions of the former public

health law and not as new enactments.

6. This chapter shall not affect pending actions or proceedings, civil

or criminal, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in the same

manner and with the same effect as though this chapter had not been

passed.