Savings clause preserves existing rights and proceedings after repeal and prevents revival of expired liabilities or offices. Repeal does not affect other enactments where the repealed law is applied or referred, nor impair validity of past acts, accrued rights, obligations, liabilities, remedies or proceedings, and preserves rules of law, procedural forms, usages, privileges and exemptions; repeal does not revive matters no longer in force and is subject to the general clauses framework on effect of repeal.