500.040 Restrictions on applicability

500.040 Restrictions on applicability.

(1) The provisions of this code shall not apply to any offense committed prior to

January 1, 1975, notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 446.110. Such an offense

must be construed and punished according to the provisions of law existing at the

time of the commission thereof in the same manner as if this code had not been

enacted.

(2) This code shall not bar, suspend or otherwise affect any right or liability to

damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy authorized by law to be recovered or

enforced in a civil action.

(3) For purposes of this section, an offense shall be deemed to have been committed

prior to January 1, 1975, if any element of the offense occurred prior thereto.