Penal Code of Bangladesh

The Penal Code of Bangladesh, formally the Penal Code, 1860, is the general criminal law of Bangladesh, adopted on 6 October 1860 under British colonial rule as the Indian Penal Code, based on recommendations of the First Law Commission of British India and drawing on Victorian English law alongside elements of the Napoleonic Code and the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825. After the partition of India it continued in force as the Pakistan Penal Code, and after Bangladesh's independence in 1971 it was re-enacted as the Penal Code, 1860, covering offenses from crimes against the state to property crimes, defamation and offenses against public health and morals across twenty three chapters, with its most recent amendment in 2004. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/