North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1. Criminal Code § 12.1-01-01. Century Code Title--Retroactivity--Application--Contempt power

1. Title 12.1 of the Century Code may be cited as the North Dakota Criminal Code.

2. This title, except as provided in subsection 3, shall not apply to offenses committed prior to its effective date. Prosecutions for such offenses shall be governed by prior law, which is continued in effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this section, an offense was committed prior to the effective date of this title if any of the elements of the offense occurred prior thereto.

3. In cases pending on or after the effective date of this title, and involving offenses committed prior thereto:

4. This section does not affect the power of a court or legislative assembly to punish for contempt, or to employ any enforcement sanction authorized by law, nor does this section affect any power conferred by law upon military authority to impose punishment upon offenders.