(720 ILCS 570/601) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1601)

Sec. 601. Prosecution for any violation of law occurring prior to the effective date of this Act is not affected or abated by this Act. If the offense being prosecuted would be a violation of this Act, and has not reached the sentencing stage or final adjudication, then for purposes of penalty the penalties under this Act apply if they are less than under the prior law upon which the prosecution was commenced.

(Source: P.A. 77-757.)