Answer to Question #211306 in Law for Siphamandla Mbonam

Question

Retroactive commencement refer to??

Answer 1

Retroactive Commencement refers to when publication of an Act happens on specified date but has been deemed to have commenced before Publication. Retrospective criminal laws are commonly considered inconsistent with the rule of law, which requires all members to be subject to publicly disclosed laws. The common law does not condemn retrospective civil laws with the vigor reserved for retrospective criminal laws.