Criminal Code

Criminal Code

A Criminal Code is a compilation of government laws that outline a nation's laws regarding criminal offenses, and the maximum and minimum punishments that courts can impose upon offenders when such crimes are committed (for example: vandalism, retail theft, theft of property, mob action, criminal trespass).

By country

*flagicon|Australia Australian Criminal Code
*flagicon|Belarus Criminal Code of Belarus
*flagicon|Brazil Penal code of Brazil
*flagicon|British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Criminal Code
*flagicon|California California Penal Code
*flagicon|Canada Criminal Code of Canada
*flagicon|Denmark Danish penalty law
*flagicon|England English Criminal Code, a draft has existed since 1989 but, though debated since 1818, has never been enacted.
*flagicon|Germany German Criminal Code
*flagicon|India Indian Penal Code
*flagicon|Iran Iranian Criminal Code
*flagicon|Iraq Iraqi Penal Code
*flagicon|Japan Criminal Code of Japan
*flagicon|Malta Criminal Code of Malta, enacted in 1854.
*flagicon|Pakistan Pakistan Penal Code
*flagicon|Philippines Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
*flagicon|Singapore Penal Code (Singapore)
*flagicon|Russia Criminal Code of Russia
*flagicon|Ukraine Criminal Code of Ukraine
*flagicon|United States Title 18 of the United States Code
*flagicon|United States Model Penal Code by the American Law Institute

ee also

*Penal code
*Code Encoding Codification


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