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).

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

See also

• Penal code
• Codification

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