Q. Short note on Ex post facto laws. [4 marks - 2019, 2018]
Ex Post Fact Laws
The Latin term ex post facto means “from a thing done afterward.” In a legal context, ex post facto is most typically used to refer to a criminal statute that punishes actions retroactively, thereby criminalizing conduct that was legal when originally performed.
Article 20 clause (1) of the Constitution of India, states that a person can neither be punished for any offence which was at the time of commission not charged as an offence nor be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence. Hence termed as Ex-Post facto Law.
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