Criminal Code
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For the 1931 Hollywood film, see The 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).
[edit] By country
- Australian Criminal Code
- Criminal Code of Belarus
- Penal code of Brazil
- British Virgin Islands Criminal Code
- California Penal Code
- Criminal Code of Canada
- Danish penalty law
- English Criminal Code, a draft has existed since 1989 but, though debated since 1818, has never been enacted.
- German Criminal Code
- Indian Penal Code
- Iranian Criminal Code
- Iraqi Penal Code
- Criminal Code of Japan
- Criminal Code of Malta, enacted in 1854.
- Pakistan Penal Code
- Revised Penal Code of the Philippines
- Penal Code (Singapore)
- Criminal Code of Russia
- Criminal Code of Ukraine
- Title 18 of the United States Code
- Model Penal Code by the American Law Institute