Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Maxims

Question:
A government servant could not attend his office for seven days due to an emergency at home. On joining of the office later on, he applied for leave for the period of absence and the same was sanctioned by the superior authority. Such a sanction is called as?
Options:
Bona fide
Ex Post Facto
Bona Vacantia
Corpus Delicto
Correct Answer:
Ex Post Facto
Explanation:
Ex Post Facto: It is Latin for "from a thing done afterward". Ex post facto is a Latin phrase that essentially means "retroactive," or affecting something that's already happened. Approval for a project that's given ex post facto—after the project already has been begun or completed.
A law that makes chewing gum illegal and requires the arrest of every person who has ever chewed gum, even before the law existed, would be an example of an ex post facto law.