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L. 72/1993, 1. gr.
Art.1 No person shall be punished without being convicted of conduct which is
punishable according to law or can be regarded as fully equivalent to conduct that
is considered an offence according to law.
[Sanctions under Chapter VII of this Act may not be applied unless they are
prescribed in the sources referred to in the first paragraph of this Article.]
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L. 31/1961, 1. gr.
Art. 2 Where penal legislation is amended between the commission of a deed
and the delivery of judgment, the case shall be judged according to the newer
legislation, both as regards the criminality of the deed and the punishment. At no
time, however, may punishment be imposed unless it was authorised in law at the
time when the deed was committed; nor may a more severe punishment be imposed
than would have been imposed under that law. If penal provisions in law have
ceased to apply for reasons that do not indicate a change in the legislature’s
assessment of the criminality of the deed, the case shall be judged according to the
law applying when the offence was committed.
If the criminality of a deed ceases to apply for reasons other than those described
in the preceding paragraph, punishment imposed for the deed shall be waived, to
the extent that it has not already been enforced. In addition, other consequences of
the deed entailed by its criminality under the older law shall be waived, with the
exception of the obligation to pay legal costs. The question of whether punishment
imposed is to be waived or reduced in cases where the judgment also covered other
offences may be referred to the court which judged the case at the district court
level, or to a court in the party’s venue. Appeals may be lodged against conclusions
by district courts.
[Art. 2a Sanctions for the offences referred to in Chapter VII of this Act may not
be applied unless they were prescribed in the sources listed in the first paragraph of
this article at the time of the offence, and the principles of Article 2 shall be
observed when they are determined.]
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L. 31/1961, 2. gr.
Art. 3 When criminal legislation makes repetition of an offence entail a heavier
punishment, or other sanctions, a sentence under older law shall have this iterative
effect in accordance with its wording as if it had been imposed according to the
newer law..
Art. 4 Punishment shall be imposed under the Icelandic Penal Code as follows:
1. For offences committed within the Icelandic state. If the offence is committed
by a person employed, or by a passenger, on board a foreign ship or aircraft
travelling within Icelandic jurisdiction against someone travelling with the craft, or
against interests closely associated with the craft, then punishment shall only be
imposed in Iceland if [the minister] orders an investigation and prosecution.
2. For offences committed on board Icelandic ships or aircraft, irrespective of
where they were at the time. If the offence was committed in a place covered by the
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