(65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-2.1-28)
    Sec. 10-2.1-28. Savings clause-construction. The repeal of a statute or part thereof by this Act shall not affect any action pending or rights existing at the time this Act takes effect.
    The provisions of this Act insofar as they are the same or substantially the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior statute and not as a new enactment.
    If in any other statute reference is made to an Act of the General Assembly, or a Section of such an Act, which is continued in this Division, such reference shall be held to refer to the Division or Section thereof so continued in this Division.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2840.)