Chapter II
THE FREEDOMS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PERSONS AND CITIZENS

PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS

Article 42

1. Only a person who has committed an act prohibited by a statute in force at the moment of commission thereof, and which is subject to a penalty, shall be held criminally responsible. This principle shall not prevent punishment of any act which, at the moment of its commission, constituted an offence within the meaning of international law.

GENERAL PART

Chapter I
Principles of penal liability

Article 1. § 1. Penal liability shall be incurred only by a person who commits an act prohibited
under penalty, by a law in force at the time of its commission.