'Nulla poena sine lege' in document 'Saint Vincent - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 1
PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

Provisions to secure protection of law

8. (4) A person shall not 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 severer in severer in degree or description than the maximum penalty that might have been imposed for that offence at the time when is was committed.

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.