[Solved] Point out incorrect response. The maxim nullum poena sine leg, nullum crimes sine leg, known as the principle of legality implies the following:

Q.	Point out incorrect response. The maxim nullum poena sine leg, nullum crimes sine leg, known as the principle of legality implies the following:
A.	Non-retroactivity of penal laws i.e. no person shall be punished except in pursuance of a statute which fixes a penalty for a criminal conduct.
B.	No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.
C.	Penal statutes are to be construed strictly against the state and in favour of the accused.
D.	It lays down an injunction to the legislature not to lay down the law in broad general terms but it must be certain and also that penal laws should be accessible and intelligible.
Answer» B. No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.

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