LAW Nº68/2018 OF 30/08/2018 DETERMINING OFFENCES AND PENALTIES IN GENERAL
This article says the law sets out general principles governing offences and penalties.
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- Jurisdiction
- Rwanda
- Instrument
- Act or statute
- Citation
- 68/2018 OF 30/08/2018
- Status
- In force
- Version
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- Language
- mul
- Updated
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Citation provenance: source:rw:amategeko · schema StatuteEnrichmentPublicV1.
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This article says the law sets out general principles governing offences and penalties. This article defines key terms used in the law, including offence, offender, accomplice, child, public, and related criminal-law concepts. A person cannot be punished for conduct that was not an offence when it happened, and no harsher penalty may be imposed than the one that applied then. Criminal laws must be interpreted strictly, and courts may not decide cases by analogy. If multiple laws punish the same offence, the specific law applies instead of the general law, unless the law says otherwise.
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