§ 8-5. Legal proceedings.

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending on the effective date of this Charter brought by or against the City or any commission, board, department or office thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything herein contained; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers and duties of any commission, board, department or office party thereto may, by or under this Charter, be assigned or transferred to another commission, board, department or office, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the commission, board, department or office to which such functions, powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.