IX. The Judiciary

Article 103
[Fair trial]
(2) An act may be punished only if it was defined by a law as a criminal offence before the act was committed.

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
THE CRIMINAL LAW

FIRST TITLE
APPLICATION, JURISDICTION RATIONE LOCI ET TEMPORIS

Section 1
No punishment without law

An act may only be punished if criminal liability had been established by law before the act was committed.

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
THE CRIMINAL LAW

FIRST TITLE
APPLICATION, JURISDICTION RATIONE LOCI ET TEMPORIS

Section 2
Jurisdiction ratione temporis; lex mitior

(1) The penalty and any ancillary measures shall be determined by the law which is in force at the time of the act.