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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 2 – Bill of Rights
Division 3 – Protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms
Subdivision A – Protection Generally
22 Protection of Law
(7) No penalty shall be imposed for an offence that is more severe in amount or in kind than the maximum that might have been imposed for the offence at the time when it was committed.

PART II

BILL OF RIGHTS

DIVISION 3 - PROTECTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

Subdivision A - Protection Generally

22 Protection of law

(7) No penalty shall be imposed for an offence that is more severe in amount or in kind than the maximum that might have been imposed for the offence at the time when it 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.