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not to be tried or punished twice in Hong Kong for
the same conduct;
to be entitled to compensation if the
if the person was
convicted in error and punished, unless the person
was at least partly to blame for the error. The
law must set out how the compensation is to be
paid.
If the person is a juvenile,
courts must take special
account of age and of the desire to reform him.
Article 12
No retrospective criminal offences or
penalties
35.
No one can be convicted for something that the law
did not at the time of the relevant conduct regard as a
crime. If the penalty is changed for committing a certain
crime, and a person who committed that crime before the
change is tried afterwards, only the lesser of the old and
new penalties can be imposed on the person.
Article 13
Right to recognition as person before law
36.
rights.
The law must recognize everyone as having legal
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