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ROH §1-5.6

Effect of Repeal on Pending Cases

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

If a city law is repealed, any lawsuit or criminal case that was already started before the repeal can still continue. The repeal does not cancel or stop those pending cases.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Effect of repeal on pending suit or prosecution

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

No suit or prosecution pending at the time of the repeal of any resolution or ordinance, for any offense committed, or for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture incurred under the resolution or ordinance so repealed, shall in any case be affected by such repeal. )
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.