CPF · Article 56

Article 56 Federal Criminal Code

BOOK ONE · TITLE THREE. Application of Sanctions · CHAPTER I. General rules

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026

The competent jurisdictional authority shall apply ex officio the most favorable law. When the subject has been sentenced to the minimum term or to the maximum term of the penalty provided and the amendment decreases said term, the most favorable law shall be applied. When the subject has been sentenced to a penalty between the minimum term and the maximum term, the reduction that results in the arithmetic mean term in accordance with the new norm shall be applied.

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