Title 45 — Compilation and Construction of Code.

(a) The common law, all British statutes in force in Maryland on February 27, 1801, the principles of equity and admiralty, all general acts of Congress not locally inapplicable in the District of Columbia, and all acts of Congress by their terms applicable to the District of Col…

All laws and ordinances of the City of Washington, and of the levy court of the District of Columbia, except as modified or repealed by Congress or the Legislative Assembly of the District since June 1, 1871, or until so modified or repealed, remain in full force.

All acts and parts of acts relating to the organization and powers of vestries, trustees, or other governing bodies of any religious denomination shall remain in force except insofar as the same are inconsistent with or are replaced by the provisions of this Code.

(a) The repeal of any act of the Council shall not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred pursuant to the act, and the act shall be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of an…