Guyana

Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Act 1980 with 1996 reforms

PART 2
SPECIFIC RULES

TITLE 1
PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

144. Provision to secure protection of the law.

(4) No person shall be held to be guilty of a criminal offense on account of any act or omission that did not, at the time it took place, constitute such an offense, and no penalty shall be imposed for any criminal offense that is more severe in degree or nature that the most severe penalty that might have been imposed for that offense at the time when it was committed.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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