Sudan

The Criminal Act 1991

Part I
Preliminary Provisions and Enforcement of the Act

Chapter II
Enforcement of the Act

Retrospective effect of the Act

4.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (2), the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence shall be applied.

(2) In case of offences in which no final judgment has been passed the provisions of this Act shall be applied where they are beneficial to the accused.

(3) The non-execution of hudud penalties before the coming into force of this Act shall be a doubt (shubha) which remits the hud penalty, and penalties inflicted in final judgments shall be revised in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(4) Any final judgment of dia passed before the coming into force of this Act shall be revised in accordance with the provisions thereof for its satisfaction.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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