## CONSTITUTION 20

### CONSTITUTION 20 — Protection in respect of conviction for offences
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/20

> 20. Protection in respect of conviction for offences.-(1) 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.
(2) No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more
than once.
(3) No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness
against himself.