Alabama § 1-1-9 Existing Rights, Remedies and Defenses Preserved

Alabama Statutes

§ 1-1-9 — Existing Rights, Remedies and Defenses Preserved

Alabama § 1-1-9

Title 1General Provisions

Ch. 1Construction of Code and Statutes

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Ala. Code § 1-1-9 (2026).

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This Code shall not affect any existing right, remedy or defense, nor shall it affect any prosecution now commenced, or which shall be hereafter commenced, for any offense already committed. As to all such cases, the laws in force at the adoption of this Code shall continue in force. But this section does not apply to changes in forms of remedy or defense, to rules of evidence, nor to provisions authorizing amendments of process, proceedings or pleadings in civil cases.

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This Code shall not affect any existing right, remedy or defense, nor shall it affect any prosecution now commenced, or which shall be hereafter commenced, for any offense already committed. As to all such cases, the laws in force at the adoption of this Code shall continue in force. But this section does not apply to changes in forms of remedy or defense, to rules of evidence, nor to provisions authorizing amendments of process, proceedings or pleadings in civil cases.