Criminal Code
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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).
[edit] By country
- Australian Criminal Code
- Criminal Code of Canada
- Danish penalty law
- German Criminal Code
- Iranian Criminal Code
- United States Code
- Criminal Code of Japan
- Criminal Code of Malta, enacted in 1854.