Principle

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Fundamental Rights — Retroactive Penal Legislation Prohibited — Conviction for Act Not Constituting Offence at Time Committed Void

Area of law
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Conviction for an act that was not an offence at the time is void. The principle applies to constitutional law. The High Court has jurisdiction under section 46 to enforce this protection. The rule prohibits ex post facto criminalisation. The court will nullify such convictions.…

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