Question juridique clé
Whether the conviction for rupture de ban under Art. 291 CP remained possible after repeal of the expulsion provisions of the former Criminal Code.
Solution extraite
No. Because the expulsion orders imposed under former Art. 55 aCP were abolished by the transitional provisions, an essential element of Art. 291 CP was missing and the conviction could not stand.
Motifs extraits
The Court held that Art. 291 CP requires a valid, enforceable expulsion order. Transitional rules abolished expulsions imposed under the former law. Since the appellant’s orders were no longer in force, the offence was not constituted; the lex mitior analysis therefore favoured acquittal.