CRIMINAL
CODE
The Code was published in the Official Gazette of the RoM Nos. 70/2003,
13/2003, 47/2006 and the Official Gazette of MNE Nos. 40/2008, 25/2010 and
32/2011. The provisions of Chapter VI: See Art. 189 of the Law - 64/2011-1 will be
repealed on 1 September 2012.
GENERAL PART
TITLE ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Basis and Framework of Criminal Justice Coercion
Article 1
Protection of persons and other fundamental social values constitutes the basis
and framework for defining what acts constitute statutory criminal offences, for
prescribing criminal sanctions and for their application, to the extent necessary for the
suppression of these offences.
Legality in Defining Statutory Criminal Offences and
Prescribing Criminal Sanctions
Article 2
A punishment or other criminal sanction may only be imposed for an act which
constituted a statutory criminal offence before the time of commission and for which
punishment was authorized by law.
No Punishment without Guilt
Article 3
A punishment or any of the warning measures may be imposed only on a
perpetrator who is guilty of having committed a criminal offence.
Criminal Sanctions and Their General Purpose
Article 4