DECLARATION OF HUMAN AND CIVIC RIGHTS OF 26 AUGUST 1789

ARTICLE 7

No man may be accused, arrested or detained except in the cases determined by the Law, and following the procedure that it has prescribed.

DECLARATION OF HUMAN AND CIVIC RIGHTS OF 26 AUGUST 1789

ARTICLE 8

The Law must prescribe only the punishments that are strictly and evidently necessary; and no one may be punished except by virtue of a Law drawn up and promulgated before the offense is committed, and legally applied.