Hungary

Criminal Code

GENERAL PART
Aim of the Criminal Code

Chapter I
Scope of the Criminal Code

Temporal Scope

Section 2

A crime shall be adjudged in accordance with the law in force at the time of its perpetration. If, in accordance with the new Criminal Code in force at the time of the judgment of an act, the act is no longer an act of crime or it is to be adjudged more leniently, then the new law shall apply ; otherwise, the new Criminal Code has no retroactive force.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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