PART TWO
HUMAN AND MINORITY RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
1. Fundamental Principles
Legal certainty in criminal law
Article 34
The penalties shall be determined pursuant to a regulation in force at the time when the act was committed, save when subsequent regulation is more lenient for the perpetrator. Criminal offences and penalties shall be laid down by the law.
PART TWO
HUMAN AND MINORITY RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
1. Fundamental Principles
Legal certainty in criminal law
Article 34
No person may be held guilty for any act which did not constitute a criminal offence under law or any other regulation based on the law at the time when it was committed, nor shall a penalty be imposed which was not prescribed for this act.
The penalties shall be determined pursuant to a regulation in force at the time when the act was committed, save when subsequent regulation is more lenient for the perpetrator. Criminal offences and penalties shall be laid down by the law.
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER TWO
APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Temporal Application
Article 5
(1) The law in force at the time of committing of criminal offence shall apply to the offender.
(2) If after the commission of a criminal offence, the law was amended once or more times, the law most lenient for the offender shall apply.
(3) A person who commits an offence prescribed by a law with a definite period of application shall be tried under such law, regardless of the time of trial, unless otherwise provided by such law.
2. If a State becomes a Party to this Statute after its entry into force, the Court may exercise its jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute for that State, unless that State has made a declaration under article 12, paragraph 3.
1. No person shall be criminally responsible under this Statute for conduct prior to the entry into force of the Statute.
2. In the event of a change in the law applicable to a given case prior to a final judgement, the law more favourable to the person being investigated, prosecuted or convicted shall apply.