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In
our
opinion
,
the
applicant
’s
prosecution
had
been
statute
-
barred
since
1954
,
under
the
domestic
law
in
force
,
because
the
1926
Criminal
Code
provided
for
a
limitation
period
of
ten
years
from
the
commission
of
the
offence
.
Only
when
the
Law
of
6
April
1993
was
passed
–
almost
fifty
years
after
the
events
–
was
the
(
1961
)
Criminal
Code
amended
so
that
the
statutory
limitation
of
criminal
liability
did
not
apply
to
persons
found
guilty
of
war
crimes
.
We
therefore
consider
that
the
non
-
applicability
of
this
limitation
in
the
applicant
’s
case
entailed
retrospective
application
of
the
criminal
law
,
which
in
our
view
is
not
normally
compatible
with
Article
7
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