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LAO-1989-L-73668
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Title_of_text
Penal Law, 1989.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1989-11-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
GENERAL PART (Arts. 1-50)
Chapter I - General principles
Chapter II - Context of the penal Law's effectiveness
Chapter III - Infractions and offenders
Chapter IV - Exemption of penal liabilities
Chapter V - Penalties
Chapter VI - Prescription of penalties
Chapter VII - Circumstantial causes conducive to the exemption of penalties and conditional liberation before term
Chapter VIII - The Court's sanctions on re-education and medical treatment
SPECIFIC PART (Arts. 51-162)
Section I - Offences against national security and social orderliness
Section II - Offences against the life, health and honour of a person
Section III - Offences against civil rights and freedom (includes offences with respect to the trade of persons - Art. 92).
Section IV - Offences against State and collective ownership
Section V - Offences against personal property
Section VI - Breach of marital and family relationships and of customs
Section VII - Economic infractions
Section VIII - Breach of civil servants' responsibilities
Section IX - Breach of the administration and judiciary Regulations
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1990-01-09
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Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2005-11-09 (LAO-2005-L-96475)
Penal Law (No. 12 of 2005).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2004-05-15 (LAO-2004-L-81033)
Criminal Procedure Law (No. 01/NA).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
English translation
Author
The National Assembly
Country
Lao People's Democratic Republic
URL
http://www.na.gov.la/docs/eng/laws/pub_adm/Penal%20(2005)%20Eng.pdf
Page range
51 p.
File
LAO73668.pdf (PDF)
Monograph region
Monograph title
English translation
Author
Ministry of Justice
Date
2002
Page range
34 pages