Slovenia

Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia

GENERAL PART

Chapter Two

APPLICATION OF THE PENAL CODE

2. Applicability in time

Application of a Later, Least Severe Law for the Perpetrator
Article 7

(1) The perpetrator of a criminal offence shall be subject to the statutory provisions which were applicable at the time the criminal offence was committed.

(2) If the law is altered subsequent to the committing of a criminal offence (one or more times), provisions providing for the least severe sentence shall apply to the perpetrator.

(3) Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply also in relation to the applicability in time of regulations, to which the Penal Code refers. If because of the change of such regulation the criminal offence is not only defined differently, but also represents another unlawful action, the Penal Code shall be changed as well and the provisions providing for the least severe sentence shall apply to the perpetrator, because his act is not defined as a criminal offence.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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