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If
,
subsequent
to
the
commission
of
a
criminal
offence
,
the
law
imposes
a
lighter
penalty
,
the
offender
is
to
benefit
thereby
.
This
applies
to
any
law
providing
for
reduction
or
mitigation
of
a
penalty
and
a
fortiori
to
an
ex
post
facto
decriminalising
law
.
The
difference
resides
in
the
temporal
scope
of
lex
mitior
:
while
an
ex
post
facto
decriminalising
law
applies
to
offenders
until
complete
service
of
their
sentences
,
a
new
penal
law
reducing
or
mitigating
the
applicable
penalties
applies
to
offenders
until
their
convictions
become
res
judicata
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