| Direction: Each of the next 10 questions consists of two statements are labelled as 'Assertion (A) and other of 'Reason (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer. |
| Assertion (A) Ex-post-facto laws are void if they provide for punishment of an act that had been lawful when done. |
| Reason (R) Imposing or increasing a penalty with retrospective effect for violation of a taxing statute does not infringe prohibition against ex-post-facto laws. |
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
Article 20 (1) says that no person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the commission of the act 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. This is expost facto laws.
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