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BLZ-2017-L-104849
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Title_of_text
Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 22 of 2017).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Belize
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2017-03-29
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code, Chapter 101 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to make provision for, among other things, the specification of a minimum term of years, which an offender sentenced to life imprisonment for murder shall serve before the offender can become eligible to be released on parole, incorporating the option of summary trial for the offences of arson and escape; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1981-10-01 (BLZ-1981-L-68422)
Criminal Code (Cap. 101).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
National Assembly of Belize
URL
http://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/
File
BLZ104849.pdf (PDF)