criminal code

Type of legal statute

Entitystatute act of parliamentQ19705

Also known as penal code

Instance of: statute
, act of parliament
Subclass of: code of law
, criminal law

Overview

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A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might be imposed for these offences, and some general provisions.

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Different from: Criminal code

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33%

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