Estonia

The Penal Code

Part 1
GENERAL PART

Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS

ยง 5. Temporal applicability of penal law

(1) A punishment shall be imposed pursuant to the law in force at the time of commission of the act.

(2) An Act which precludes the punishability of an act, mitigates a punishment or otherwise alleviates the situation of a person shall have retroactive effect.

(3) An Act which declares an act as punishable, aggravates a punishment or otherwise exacerbates the situation of a person shall not have retroactive effect.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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