CRIMINAL CODE (KZ-1)
GENERAL PART
Chapter One
FUNDAMENTAL PROVISIONS
Imposition of Criminal Liability
Article 1
(1) Criminal liability in the Republic of Slovenia may be imposed while
respecting constitutionally provided human rights and fundamental freedoms in a
democratic arrangement and on the principles of a state governed by the rule of law.
(2) Pursuant to this Code, criminal liability shall be imposed by sentencing
adults who committed criminal offences on the basis of determined guilt.
No Criminal Offence or Sentence Without the Statute
Article 2
No sentence or other criminal sanction shall be imposed on any person for
committing an offence that did not constitute a criminal offence under the statute prior to
being committed, and for which a sentence was not prescribed by the statute.
System of Legal Criminal Sanctions
Article 3
(1) Criminal sanctions shall include: sentences, admonitory sanctions and
safety measures.
(2) The imposition of a sentence shall be prescribed for the perpetration of any
criminal offence, which shall be imposed on the perpetrator (hereinafter, the perpetrator)
in proportion to the weight of the committed act and his guilt. Admonitory sanctions
instead of a sentence and, in addition to a sentence or admonitory sanction, safety
measures may be imposed on the perpetrator under the conditions determined in the
general part of this Code.
(3) If the perpetrator has been convicted of a criminal offence, he may be
subject to the confiscation of property and to the publication of the judgement under the
conditions determined by the present Code.