''Chapter II: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, Article 34: Right not to be Tried Twice for the Same Criminal Act ''

No one shall be tried more than once for the same criminal act.

PART ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS
Article 4
Ne Bis in Idem
1. No one may be prosecuted and convicted of a criminal offense for which he has been
acquitted or for which he has been convicted by a final court decision, respectively if the criminal
proceedings against him have been terminated by a final decision of a court or the indictment
has been rejected by a final court decision.
2. A final decision of a court may be reversed through extraordinary legal remedies, except
when otherwise provided by this Code.
3. Articles 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code shall be applied mutatis mutandis.

PART TWO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER XX JUDGMENT
SUB – CHAPTER II TYPES OF JUDGMENTS
Article 362
Rejection Judgment
1. The court renders a judgment rejecting the charge, if:
1.1. the state prosecutor withdraws the charge during the period from the opening until
the conclusion of the main trial;
1.2. the accused was previously convicted or acquitted of the same offense under a final
judgment;
1.3. the period of statutory limitation has expired, an amnesty or pardon covers the act,
or there are other circumstances which bar prosecution; or
1.4. the injured party withdraws the motion for criminal offense not prosecuted ex officio,
unless the court has evidence that the decision to withdraw has been unduly influenced
by a third party.