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Model Penal Code
a model act designed to stimulate and assist U.S. state legislatures to update and standardize the penal law of the United States.KadishMPC (Foreword).
Indian Penal Code
the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024.
Revised Penal Code
The Revised Penal Code contains the general penal laws of the Philippines.
California Penal Code
The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences, among other things, in the American state of California.
Penal Code of Argentina
The Argentine Penal Code is the law that governs crimes and its sanction in the Argentine Republic.
Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code
Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for sedition.
Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code
In India, Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (before its repeal by introduction of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) dealt with Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.
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