'Nulla poena sine lege' in document 'Croatia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE (i.) BASIC PROVISIONS

Article 2

(1) Criminal offenses and criminal sanctions may be prescribed only by statute.

(2) No one shall be punished, and no criminal sanction shall be applied, for conduct which did not constitute a criminal offense under a statute or international law at the time it was committed and for which the type and range of punishment by which the perpetrator can be punished has not been prescribed by statute.

CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE (i.) BASIC PROVISIONS

Article 5

(2) The duration of any type of criminal sanction shall be determined by statute and no criminal sanction shall be prescribed, pronounced or applied for an indefinite time.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 23
Nulla poena sine lege
A person convicted by the Court may be punished only in accordance with this Statute.