No penal act shall take effect until 60 days after the approval thereof, unless otherwise specially provided in the act.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.
Section 1-1-1 - Meaning of Certain Words and Terms.
Section 1-1-2 - Tenses; Gender; Singular and Plural; Joint Authority.
Section 1-1-3 - "Blind Person" Defined; How Blindness Proved.
Section 1-1-4 - Computation of Time.
Section 1-1-5 - Public Offenses Defined.
Section 1-1-6 - Certain Acts or Omissions Not Public Offenses.
Section 1-1-8 - When Penal Acts Take Effect.
Section 1-1-9 - Existing Rights, Remedies and Defenses Preserved.
Section 1-1-11 - Repealed Laws Not Revived.
Section 1-1-13 - Previous Validating Acts Not Repealed.
Section 1-1-15 - References to Sections, Titles, Etc.
Section 1-1-16 - Severability of Provisions of Code and Statutes.