PART TWO THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
CHAPTER II PERSONAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Article 34
No one may be sentenced more than once for the same criminal act, nor be tried again, except for cases when the re-adjudication of the case is decided on by a higher court, in the manner specified by law.

1 General Part

Chapter 1- Criminal Law and its Application

Article 6 The applicable law on criminal acts committed by Albanian citizens

The criminal law of the Republic of Albania shall also be applicable to the Albanian citizen who commits an offence within the territory of another country, when that offence is concurrently punishable, unless a foreign court has given a final sentence.

1 General Part

Chapter 1- Criminal Law and its Application

Article 11- Extradition

Extradition may be permitted only when explicitly provided for by international treaties where the Republic of Albania is a party.

Extradition shall be permitted when both Albanian law and foreign law provide for the criminal act, which constitutes the object of the request for extradition, as such simultaneously.

Extradition shall not be granted:

a) if the person to be extradited is an Albanian citizen, unless otherwise provided for by the treaty;

b) if the criminal act constituting the object of the request for extradition is of a political or military nature;

c) when there is reasonable ground to believe that the person requested to be extradited will be prosecuted, punished or wanted because of his political, religious, national, racial or ethnic beliefs;

d) if the person requested to be extradited has been tried for the criminal act for which a competent Albanian court demands the extradition.

GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 7 Ne bis in idem
1. No one can be judged more than once for a criminal fact for which he has been judged by a final decision of the court, except in the cases when the competent court has decided the revision of the case.

TITLE VI PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS
CHAPTER VIII COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATIONS
Article 328 Dismissal of charge or case
1. Upon termination of preliminary investigations, where it is proceeded against criminal misdemeanours, the prosecutor shall decide on dismissing the charge or case when:
d) the defendant has been adjudicated by a final court decision for the same act;

TITLE VIII APPEALS
CHAPTER II APPEAL
Article 427 Retrial
4. When the defendant has been declared innocent, the court of appeal may not declare him guilty based only on a different evaluation of the evidence obtained at the first instance trial. In this case the court of appeal shall repeat the trial.

TITLE IX EXECUTION OF DECISIONS
CHAPTER III EXECUTION OF THE CRIMINAL DECISIONS
SECTION I EXECUTION OF FOREIGN CRIMINAL DECISIONS
Article 514 Conditions for recognition
1. The foreign court decision may not be recognized when:
dh) for the same fact and against the same person in the Albanian state a final decision has been issued or a criminal proceeding is ongoing