Paragraph 8 No punishment without law

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 s. 96(1) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(1)
Sch. 2 s. 97(3) deleted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(2)
Sch. 2 s. 106(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(3)(a)
Sch. 2 s. 106(1A)(1B) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(3)(b)
Sch. 2 word substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 3(1)
Sch. 2 s. 32(1) words substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(2)
Sch. 2 s. 32(2)(c) omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(3)
Sch. 2 s. 32(5)-(9) substituted for s. 32(5) by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(4)
Sch. 2 s. 44(1)(b) word substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(2)
Sch. 2 s. 44(2) words inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(3)
Sch. 2 s. 44(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(4)
Sch. 2 s. 48(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 6(2)
Sch. 2 s. 54A inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 7
Sch. 2 s. 58(4) words substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 8
Sch. 2 s. 58A 58B inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 9
Sch. 2 s. 71(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 10
Sch. 2 s. 77(2) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 11(2)
Sch. 2 s. 77(4)(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 11(3)
Sch. 2 s. 80 omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 12
Sch. 2 s. 124(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(2)
Sch. 2 s. 124(2)(a) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(3)
Sch. 2 s. 124(2)(c) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(4)
Sch. 2 s. 126 inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 14

(1)

No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence under national or international law at the time when it was committed; nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the criminal offence was committed.

(2)

This section shall not prejudice the trial and punishment of any person for any act or omission which, at the time when it was committed, was criminal according to the general principles of law recognised by civilised nations.