The repeal of any statutory provisions by the Mississippi Code of 1972 shall not affect any act done, or any cause of action, or any right accruing or accrued or established, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case, or any plea or defense or bar thereto, previous to the time when such repeal shall take place; but the proceedings in every such case shall be conformed, as far as practicable, to the provisions of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Structure Mississippi Code
§ 1-1-11. Distribution of the Code of 1972
§ 1-1-12. Binding and identification of state-owned copies of Code of 1972
§ 1-1-13. When Code of 1972 to take effect
§ 1-1-21. Effect of repeals by Code of 1972 upon former rights
§ 1-1-22. Prior rights or actions involving taxes unaffected
§ 1-1-23. Effect of adoption of Code of 1972 upon offenses committed prior to effective date of Code
§ 1-1-24. Prior violations of law and civil causes of action unaffected
§ 1-1-25. No revival of repealed laws
§ 1-1-27. Vacation of offices by adoption of Code of 1972
§ 1-1-29. Effect of adoption of Code of 1972 upon private and local laws
§ 1-1-31. Severability provision of Code of 1972
§ 1-1-33. Code of 1972 supplied to officers
§ 1-1-35. Revised manuscript declared to be official Code of the state of Mississippi