Minister of Justice Bassam Talhouni on Tuesday announced that proposed amendments to the Penal Code aim to ease prison overcrowding by expanding the use of alternative sentences. Talhouni highlighted ...

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The Diet has passed a revision to the penal code to integrate two categories of confinement--“choeki” and “kinko”--into one called “kokin.” The revision has scrapped the traditional ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2024, aimed at amending the Penal Code (Act 574) to combat online crimes using ‘mule’ accounts for online fraud, was passed in the Dewan Rakyat on ...

SHAH ALAM - Caregivers of mental patients can be charged under the Penal Code for negligence or abandonment which could harm ...

The move to make stalking a crime in Malaysia comes after amendments to the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) were tabled for its first reading in Parliament on Thursday (Aug 4).

Conroe, has filed a bill to amend state penal code to create a new criminal offense of “gender identity fraud.” The bill, HB ...

Colombia’s penal code prohibits abortion in all circumstances, though the penalty is substantially lower where the pregnancy is the result of rape or non-consensual artificial insemination.