Criminal statutes and model codes of the common law world: the American Model Penal Code, the federal criminal title of the United States Code, the codes of California and Texas, Canada's Criminal Code and the Crimes Acts of smaller jurisdictions. A code belongs here when its cited article describes a criminal code or penal code of an English-speaking common law jurisdiction. It excludes colonial penal codes of the Indian family and the continental codes.
All Anglo-American Criminal Codes and Model Codes
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British Virgin Islands Criminal Code (Wikipedia)
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The British Virgin Islands Criminal Code (No 1 of 1997) is a statute of the British Virgin Islands which consolidates almost all of the indictable offences under the Territory's criminal law.
California Penal Code (Wikipedia)
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The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences, among other things, in the American state of California.
Crimes Act 1961 (Wikipedia)
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The Crimes Act 1961 is an act of New Zealand Parliament that forms a leading part of the criminal law in New Zealand.
Criminal Code (Canada) (Wikipedia)
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The Criminal Code (French: Code criminel) is a law of the Parliament of Canada that codifies most, but not all, criminal offences and principles of criminal procedure in Canada.
Model Penal Code (Wikipedia)
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The Model Penal Code (MPC) is a model act designed to stimulate and assist U.S. state legislatures to update and standardize the penal law of the United States.
Texas Penal Code (Wikipedia)
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The Texas Penal Code is the principal criminal code of the U.S. state of Texas.
Title 18 of the United States Code (Wikipedia)
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Title 18 of the United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States.
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