Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
THE CRIMINAL LAW

FIRST TITLE
APPLICATION, JURISDICTION RATIONE LOCI ET TEMPORIS

Section 1
No punishment without law

An act may only be punished if criminal liability had been established by law before the act was committed.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity
Nulla poena sine lege



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