CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2
(2) State authority may be asserted only in cases and within the bounds provided for by law and only in the manner prescribed by law.
(3) Everyone 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.

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 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
CHAPTER II CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Division 1 Fundamentals of Criminal Liability

Section 12 Principle of Legality and Principle of Subsidiarity of Criminal Repression
(1) Only criminal law shall define criminal offences and prescribe criminal penalties that may be imposed for their 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.

PART ONE
GENERAL PART

CHAPTER I
COMPETENCY OF CRIMINAL LAWS

Division 2
Time Applicability

Section 3 Applicability of the Law Effective at the Time of Decision Making
(1) An offender may only be imposed a sentence admissible by law effective at the time of deciding on the criminal offence.