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BLZ-1981-L-68422
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Title_of_text
Criminal Code (Cap. 101).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Belize
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1981-10-01
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Criminal Code of Belize. Comprises 18 parts. Part 1 (s. 1-3) contains general provisions. Part 2 (s. 4-17) deals with interpretation. Part 3 (s. 18-19) provides for attempts to commit crimes. Part 4 (s. 20-24) makes provision for abetment and conspiracy. Part 5 (s. 25-29) contains provisions regarding general exemption from criminal liability. Part 6 (s. 30-43) deals with justifiable force and harm. Part 7 (s. 44-78) makes provision for criminal force to person. Part 8 (s. 79-105) deals with criminal harm to person. Part 9 (s. 106-131) provides for criminal homicide. Part 10 (s. 132-138) deals with crimes against rights to property and criminal damage to property. Part 11 (s. 139-174) contains provisions regarding criminal misappropriations and frauds. Part 12 (s. 175-211) deals with forgery. Part 13 (s. 212-225) provides for crimes against safety of state. Part 14 (s. 226-248) makes provision for crimes against public peace. Part 15 (s. 249-280) deals with perjury and obstruction of public justice. Part 16 (s. 281-312) contains provisions regarding crimes relating to public offices and to public elections. Part 17 (s. 313-322) makes provision for bigamy and unlawful marriage. Part 18 (s. 323-331) deals with miscellaneous crimes.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1999-09-24 (BLZ-1999-L-55791)
Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 1999.
Amending text(s)
2002-01-02 (BLZ-2002-L-61259)
Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 42 of 2001).
Amending text(s)
2017-03-29 (BLZ-2017-L-104849)
Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 22 of 2017).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Laws of Belize - Belizelaw.Org
Publisher
Government of Belize
Country
Belize
URL
http://www.belizelaw.org/lawadmin/PDF%20files/cap101.pdf
Page range
168 p.
File
BLZ68422.pdf (PDF of Act (2003 rev.))