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New Penal Law of 1976.

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First Region

Liberia
Criminal and penal law
1976-07-19
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides a comprehensive system of penal law. Part I contains definitions of culpability and complicity, including corporate criminal liability (s. 3.2). Part II defines specific offenses, including offenses against civil rights (Chapter 13). Specifically, a person who commits an act of prejudice against another person because of their race, or the race of their spouse, is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. Termination of an employee within sixty days of his marriage to a person of a different race shall give rise to the presumption that the termination was discriminatory because of the race of the spouse. Corporations guilty of two discrimination offences may be dissolved. Part III prescribes specific penalties and punishments, including the death penalty (s. 50.5).

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Monograph region

    Monograph title
    Revised Liberian Statutes
    Author
    Ministry of Justice
    Publisher
    KAWO Press
    Place of publication
    Monrovia
    Country
    Republic of Liberia
    Page range
    pp. 1-103
    Monograph title
    Liberian Codes Revised
    Publisher
    Liberia Law Experts, Inc
    Place of publication
    United State of America
    Country
    Liberia
    Date
    1999
    Volume
    Volume IV
    Page range
    pp.726-870