Tightening of penalty in the penal law of the Republic of Serbia

Abstract

The subject of the authors' attention is the issue of tightening a penalty in Penal Law of the Republic of Serbia. To tighten the penalty means to impose it higher than its maximum length for a particular punishable act. The authors observe current criminal legislation by analysing regulations and laws concerning the tightening of penalty. The subjects of analysis are Criminal Code, Law on the Criminal Responsibility of Legal Entities for Criminal Offences, Law on Misdemeanours, and Economic Offences Act.