Application of criminal law

1. No one shall be subjected to trial, except in accordance with the law.

2. No one shall be tried and convicted for an act that does not qualify in the law as a criminal offence at the moment it was committed, nor endure security measures the provisions of which are not clearly established in previous law.

3. Penalties or security measures not clearly provided for by law at the moment the criminal offence was committed shall not be enforced.

4. No one shall be tried and convicted for the same criminal offence more than once.

5. Criminal law shall not be enforced retroactively, except if the new law is in favour of the accused.

6. Anyone who has been unjustly convicted has the right to a fair compensation in accordance with the law.