Spans in 'Botswana - Constitution' tagged with 'Nulla poena sine lege'

'Nulla poena sine lege' in document 'Botswana - Constitution'

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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CONSTITUTION OF BOTSWANA

CHAPTER II - Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual (ss 3-19)

10. Provisions to secure protection of law

(8) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence is defined and the penalty therefor is prescribed in a written law:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prevent a court of record from punishing any person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constituting the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty therefor is not so prescribed.

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.