CHAPTER FIVE
THE RIGHT TO JUDICIAL AND OTHER LEGAL PROTECTION
Article 40
(6) The question whether an act is punishable or not shall be considered, and penalties shall be imposed, in accordance with the law in effect at the time the act was committed. A subsequent law shall be applied if it is more favorable for the offender.
Chapter One Fundamental Provisions
ARTICLE 2
State authority is to serve all citizens and may be asserted only in cases, within the bounds, and in the manner provided for by law.
All citizens may do that which is not prohibited by law; and nobody may be compelled to do that which is not imposed upon her by law.
PART ONE GENERAL PART
CHAPTER I COMPETENCY OF CRIMINAL LAWS
Division 1 No Criminal Offence without Law
Section 1 Prohibition of Retroactivity
An act shall be criminal only if its criminality has been stipulated by law prior to its commission. .
PART ONE GENERAL PART
CHAPTER I COMPETENCY OF CRIMINAL LAWS
Division 2 Time Applicability
Section 2 Criminality of an Act and Time of its Commission
(1) Criminality of an act shall be assessed in accordance with the Act effective at the time of its commission; it shall only be assessed pursuant to a later Act if it is more favourable to the offender .
(2) If the law is changed during the commission of an act, the law effective at the time of completion of the conduct by which the act was committed shall be applicable.
(3) In case of later amendments of the law effective at the time of the completion of the conduct by which an act is committed, the most lenient law shall apply.
PART ONE
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER I
COMPETENCY OF CRIMINAL LAWS
Division 1
No Criminal Offence without Law
Section 1 Prohibition of Retroactivity
An act shall be criminal only if its criminality has been stipulated by law prior to its commission.
Division 2
Time Applicability
Section 2 Criminality of an Act and Time of its Commission
(1) Criminality of an act shall be assessed in accordance with the Act effective at the time of its commission; it shall only be assessed pursuant to a later Act if it is more favourable to the offender.
(2) If the law is changed during the commission of an act, the law effective at the time of completion of the conduct by which the act was committed shall be applicable.
(3) In case of later amendments of the law effective at the time of the completion of the conduct by which an act is committed, the most lenient law shall apply.
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.