§ 3013. Saving clauses.
1.Nothing contained in this chapter shall\naffect or impair any act done or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or\nany penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time when\nthis chapter shall take effect, under or by virtue of the provision or\nprovisions of the vehicle and traffic law, as in force immediately prior\nto the time this chapter shall take effect, but the same may be\nasserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the same\nextent as if this chapter shall not have taken effect.\n 2. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred fifty-nine\nor nineteen hundred sixty which, in form, adds or purports to add a new\narticle, section, subdivision or other provision of law to the vehicle\nand traffic law, as in force i
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§ 3013. Saving clauses. 1. Nothing contained in this chapter shall\naffect or impair any act done or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or\nany penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time when\nthis chapter shall take effect, under or by virtue of the provision or\nprovisions of the vehicle and traffic law, as in force immediately prior\nto the time this chapter shall take effect, but the same may be\nasserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the same\nextent as if this chapter shall not have taken effect.\n 2. An act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred fifty-nine\nor nineteen hundred sixty which, in form, adds or purports to add a new\narticle, section, subdivision or other provision of law to the vehicle\nand traffic law, as in force immediately prior to the time this chapter\nshall take effect, shall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal\nof such law by this chapter and shall be deemed and construed as having\nbeen added to this chapter and shall be given full effect according to\nits context as if the same had been added expressly and in terms to this\nchapter and shall be deemed and construed to have been inserted in this\nchapter in the appropriate respective position in regard to and as\nmodifying the effect of the corresponding provision or provisions of\nthis chapter.\n 3. Any act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred fifty-nine\nor nineteen hundred sixty which, in form, amends or repeals or purports\nto amend or repeal any provision or provisions of the former vehicle and\ntraffic law shall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal of\nsuch former vehicle and traffic law by this chapter and shall be\nconstrued as an amendment or repeal as the case may be, of the\ncorresponding provision or provisions of this chapter irrespective of\nwhether such provision or provisions are contained in this chapter in\none or more than one article, section, subdivision or other part thereof\nand such corresponding provision or provisions shall be deemed and\nconstrued to be amended, modified, changed or repealed as though the\nsame had been expressly and in terms so amended or repealed.\n 4. Reference in any act of the legislature of the year nineteen\nhundred fifty-nine or nineteen hundred sixty to an existing article,\nsection, subdivision or other provision of the vehicle and traffic law,\nas in force immediately prior to the time this chapter shall take\neffect, shall be deemed and construed to refer to the corresponding\narticle, section, subdivision or other provision of such law, as\nrenumbered, modified or amended by this chapter.\n 5. The provisions of this chapter in so far as they are substantially\nthe same as the existing provisions of the vehicle and traffic law shall\nbe construed as a continuation of the provisions of the former vehicle\nand traffic 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