Montenegro

Criminal Code of the Republic of Montenegro

GENERAL PART

TITLE TWELVE
APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATIONOF MONTENEGRO

Applicability of criminal legislation with respect to Time

Article 133
(1) A perpetrator shall be subject to the law in force at the time of commission of the criminal offence.

(2) Where a law is amended in the course of commission of a criminal offence, applicable law shall be the law in effect at the time of completion of the criminal offence.

(3) Where a law is amended once or several times after the commission of a criminal offence, applicable law shall be the law which is most favourable to the perpetrator.

(4) A perpetrator of a criminal offence which is qualified by a law which has limited time of application shall be subject to that law irrespective of the time of trial, unless otherwise laid down by that law.

(5) Security measures and correctional measures provided for by the new law may be applied To a perpetrator provided that they are not less favourable to him than those that could have applied under the law in force at the time of commission of the criminal offence.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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