his or her rights, and allowed to contact a lawyer, directly or through a relative or a trusted person. 4. No one shall be subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Section 31 (Application of criminal law) 1. No one shall be subjected to trial, except in accordance with the law. 2. No one shall be tried and convicted for an act that does not qualify in the law as a criminal offence at the moment it was committed, nor endure security measures the provisions of which are not clearly established in previous law. 3. Penalties or security measures not clearly provided for by law at the moment the criminal offence was committed shall not be enforced. 4. No one shall be tried and convicted for the same criminal offence more than once. 5. Criminal law shall not be enforced retroactively, except if the new law is in favour of the accused. 6. Anyone who has been unjustly convicted has the right to a fair compensation in accordance with the law. Section 32 (Limits on sentences and security measures) 1. There shall be no life imprisonment nor sentences or security measures lasting for unlimited or indefinite period of time in the Democratic Republic of East Timor. 2. In case of danger as a result of mental illness, security measures may be extended successively by judicial decision. 3. Criminal liability is not transmissible. 4. Persons who are subjected, on conviction, to a sentence or a security measure involving loss of freedom remain entitled to their fundamental rights, subject to the limitations that necessarily derive from that conviction and from the requirements for its enforcement. Section 33 (Habeas corpus) 1. Everyone who illegally loses his or her freedom has the right to apply for habeas corpus.