§ Article 71(untitled)

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Principle of Guilt and Principle of Proportionality of
 Punishments

1. Guilt shall be the ground for punishment of a person having committed a criminal
offence.

2. The punishment prescribed by law, as well as the type and size of the punishment

imposed must be proportionate to the committed act.

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