Whenever any penalty shall be imposed for neglect during any period of time, the neglect may be alleged to have commenced at any specified time, and shall be reckoned from the time so specified.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-6.