§ 5001 — Saving clause; construction

§ 5001. Saving clause; construction. 1. Nothing contained in this act\nshall affect or impair any act done or right accruing, accrued or\nacquired, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the\ntime when this act shall take effect, under or by virtue of the\nprovision or provisions of the public health law, as in force\nimmediately prior to the time this act shall take effect, but the same\nmay be asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the\nsame extent as if this act shall not have taken effect.\n 2. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred fifty-four\nwhich adds or purports to add a new article, section, subdivision or\nother provision of law to the public health law, as in force immediately\nprior to the time this act shall take effect, shall be deemed and\nconstrued as having been added to such law, as amended by this act, and\nshall be given full effect according to its context as if the same had\nbeen added expressly and in terms of such law, as amended by this act,\nand shall be deemed and construed to have been inserted in such law, as\namended by this act, in the appropriate respective position in regard to\nand as modifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions\nof such law, as amended by this act.\n 3. Reference in any act of the legislature of the year nineteen\nhundred fifty-four to an existing article, section, subdivision or other\nprovision of the public health law, as in force immediately prior to the\ntime this act shall take effect, shall be deemed and construed to refer\nto the corresponding article, section, subdivision or other provision of\nsuch law, as renumbered, modified or amended by this act.\n 4. Reference in any general, special or local law, rule, regulation or\npublic document to any provision or provisions of the public health law,\nas in force immediately prior to the time this act shall take effect,\nshall be deemed to be and construed as a reference to the corresponding\nprovision or provisions of such law, as renumbered, modified or amended\nby this act, irrespective of whether such provision or provisions is or\nare contained in one or more than one title, article, section,\nsubdivision or other part thereof.\n 5. The provisions of this chapter in so far as they are substantially\nthe same as the existing provisions of the public health law shall be\nconstrued as a continuation of the provisions of the former public\nhealth law and not as new enactments.\n 6. This chapter shall not affect pending actions or proceedings, civil\nor criminal, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in the same\nmanner and with the same effect as though this chapter had not been\npassed.\n