7. Objection to proceedings.

It shall not be an objection to any proceedings taken against a person by virtue of the provisions of sections 6 and 7 that under the law in force at the time when and in the place where he is alleged to commit the act of which he was accused or of which he was convicted he could not have been punished therefor.

CHAPTER II PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
PROVISION TO SECURE PROTECTION OF THE LAW
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4. No person shall be held to be guilty of a criminal offence on account of any act or omission that did not, at the time it took place, constitute such an offence, and no penalty shall be imposed for any criminal offence that is more severe in degree or description than the maximum penalty that might have been imposed for that offence at the time when it was committed.