retrospective penalties meaning
- [Law]
See PENALTY.
- retrospective: Noun: retrospectiv ...
- death penalties: [Medicine]The use ...
- retrospective legislation: [Law]Legislation t ...
Examples
- Section 26 of the Bill of Rights and the previous sentencing legislation, the Criminal Justice Act 1985, caused significant digression among judges when the New Zealand Parliament introduced legislation that had the effect of enacting a retrospective penalty for crimes involving an element of home invasion.