Penal rule of law (principle of specificity) principle of legal certainty; constitutionality of a rule that considers as a breach the violation of compulsory rules laid down by electoral act that is not a criminal offence Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgment 14/2021, of january 28. Concerning the question of unconstitutionality num. 1478-2020. (BOE num. 46, of february 23, 2021)
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The judgement rejects a question of unconstitutionality brought by the Supreme Court. It declares that limitations laid down in the electoral act for the so called “meditation day” are fully consistent with the Constitution. It does the same with the punishing rules of the same act which states that are suitable to legal certainty and penal specifity rule of law. It endorses too that the rule which lay down the liability of a journal director for the informations published on it is fully consistent with Constitution.
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