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Article 20

It gives protection in respect of conviction for offences.Whether or not Citizen or forigener or an organization.

Protection against ex-post facto Laws :-

According to Article 20 (1), no person shall be Convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at time.

Ex-post facto Laws

If a particular act was not an offence according to the law of the land at time when the person did that act, then he cannot be convicted under a law which with retrospective declares that act as an offence

Protection against double jeopardy

According to Article 20(2), no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. This is called Doctrine of Double Jeopardy.

Protection against self incrimation

According to Article 20(3), No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself