Nigeria

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Chapter IV
Fundamental Rights

36. (8) No person shall 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 heavier than the penalty in force at the time the offence was committed.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity
Nullum crimen sine lege
Nulla poena sine lege



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