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The principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law.
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This is a wide definition, and the courts, no doubt bearing in mind that a wide application might tend to defeat the maxim “nulla pœna sine lege” have been cautious in its application in practice.
Submitted on July 07, 2010
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