CHAPTER IV: PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
24. Provisions to secure protection of the law and fair play
(5) No person shall be charged with or held to be guilty of a criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not at the time it took place constitute such an offence, and no penalty shall be imposed for any criminal offence which is more severe in degree or description than the maximum penalty which might have been imposed for that offence at the time when it was committed.
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