Article 2257Order of Preference of Credits

Provisions of this Code which attach a civil

sanction or penalty or a deprivation of rights to acts or

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omissions which were not penalized by the former laws,

are not applicable to those who, when said laws were in

force, may have executed the act or incurred in the

omission forbidden or condemned by this Code.

If the fault is also punished by the previous legislation, the

less severe sanction shall be applied.

If a continuous or repeated act or omission was

commenced before the beginning of the effectivity of this

Code, and the same subsists or is maintained or repeated

after this body of laws has become operative, the

sanction or penalty prescribed in this Code shall be

applied, even though the previous laws may not have

provided any sanction or penalty therefor. (Rule 3a)