CHAPTER TWO

RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, BASIC DUTIES OF INDIVIDUALS AND CITIZENS

Article 20.

A law adopted after the commission of an illegal act by a person and that envisages severe punishment for that act shall not be retroactive .

GENERAL PART

SECTION I. CRIMINAL LAW

CHAPTER 2. Territorial Application of the Criminal Law and Question of its Retroactivity

Article 12. Duration of the Criminal Law

(1) Criminality and punishability of an act must be defined by the law being in force at the time it was committed.

GENERAL PART

Section I. Principal provisions of the criminal executive legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 5. Territorial application of the criminal executive legislation and its effect in time

1. Execution of a sentence as well as application of other penal measures and assistance to the persons subject to release shall be fulfilled in accordance with the legislation valid at the time of their execution.