Romania

The Criminal Code

The General Part

Title I
Criminal law and its application restrictions

Chapter II
Criminal Law Application

Section 1
Criminal Law application in time

Criminal Law Non-Retroactiveness and Retroactiveness

Art.5 - (1) Criminal law does not apply to acts that were not provided as offences by the law at the moment of their perpetration.

(2) Criminal law does not apply to actions committed under the former law if they are no longer mentioned in the new law.

In this case, the execution of penalties, security and educational measures handed down based on the former law, as well as all criminal consequences of court decisions concerning these acts, shall cease by the entry into force of the new law.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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