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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART ONE
GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
SCOPE OF THE ACT AND FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Title One
Criminal Code and its Scope

Section 2
Applicability in Time

(1) The criminal liability for an act shall be determined and the punishment shall be imposed according to the law applicable at the time of its commission. When several new laws have taken effect between the time of commission of the act and the delivery of judgement, the criminal liability for an act shall be determined and the punishment shall be imposed according to the law, which is more favourable for the offender.


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.