§ 1-2-110. Continuation in Effect of Existing Laws
The existing acts continue in force until January 1, 1956. Code 1858, § 43; Shan., § 59a1; Code 1932, § 4; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-210.
§ 1-2-111. Actions Commenced — Rights Accrued
No action or proceeding commenced before January 1, 1956, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this code, but such proceedings may be conformed to the requirements of the code as far as applicable. Code 1858, § 44; Shan., § 59a2; Code 1932, § 5; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-211.
§ 1-2-112. Litigation Pending on Effective Date
Although a notice, recognizance, or process has been given, taken, or issued before January 1, 1956, it may, nevertheless, be taken or returnable to a day after such date, in like manner as if this code had been in effect before the notice, recognizance, or process was given, taken or issued. Nothing in this code […]
§ 1-2-113. Limitations Applicable
Causes of action accruing before January 1, 1956, shall not be affected by any different limitations provided in the code, but shall be subject to existing limitations. If the limitation is uncertain, the longest time prescribed for the commencement of an action in any form for such cause shall be allowed. Code 1858, § 47; […]
§ 1-2-114. Reenactment of Supplemental and Replacement Volume Material Into Code
Reenactment of the Acts of the 2020 Sessions of the General Assembly. This compilation of laws together with the supplemental reenactments set out in subdivision (b)(1) shall be deemed amendatory. This compilation shall be deemed a reenactment of the general acts of a permanent nature enacted at the 2020 regular and extraordinary sessions of the […]
§ 1-2-106. Special Provisions Preserved
None of the provisions of §§ 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, or 16 of chapter 165 of the Public Acts of 1937, nor of the second paragraph of § 15 of that chapter, nor of chapter 11 of the Public Acts of the Second Extraordinary Session of 1931, nor of chapter 103 of the Public […]
§ 1-2-107. Effect on Statutes of Limitations
Such repeal, as to any statute of limitations, under which the bar of a right of action or remedy is complete at the time the repeal takes effect, shall not be deemed a removal of such bar. Code 1932, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-207. Law Reviews. Statute of Limitations, 23 Tenn. L. Rev. […]
§ 1-2-108. Effect on Criminal Offenses
No offense committed, and no penalty or forfeiture incurred, under any act hereby repealed, and before January 1, 1956, shall be affected by the repeal; except that when a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by the provisions herein contained, such provisions may be applied to the judgment pronounced after December 31, 1955. Code 1858, […]
§ 1-2-109. Prosecutions for Offenses and Penalties
No suit or prosecution, pending on January 1, 1956, for an offense committed, or for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture incurred, shall be affected by the repeal, but the proceedings may be conformed to the provisions of this code as far as applicable. Code 1858, § 46; Shan., § 59a4; Code 1932, § […]
§ 1-2-101. Designation of Code
This compilation of the laws of the state is to be designated as the “Tennessee Code” and the annotated edition of the code provided for by chapter 1 of this title shall be designated as “Tennessee Code Annotated”. Citations to the Tennessee Code Annotated may incorporate the abbreviations “Tenn. Code Ann.” or “T.C.A.” As used […]