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Chapter Two
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Division One
Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms
Article 8
(2) No one may be prosecuted or deprived of her liberty except on the grounds and in the manner specified by law. No one may be deprived of her liberty merely on the grounds of inability to fulfill a contractual obligation.
Chapter Two
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Division One
Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms
Article 8
(5) A person may be placed in custody only on the grounds and for the length of time laid down in a law, and only on the basis of a judicial decision.
Chapter Five
The Right to Judicial and Other Legal Protection
Article 39
Only a law may designate the acts which constitute a crime and the penalties or other detriments to rights or property that may be imposed for committing them.
Article 23
Nulla poena sine lege
A person convicted by the Court may be punished only in accordance with this Statute.