Iraqi Penal Code

The Iraqi Penal Code is the statutory criminal law of Iraq. The 1969 Penal Code serves as the basis for current Iraqi law, so it is the foundation on which the country's present criminal provisions rest rather than a historical curiosity. The original Arabic-language version of the law can be consulted through the Iraqi Legal Database, which is the place a reader would go to check the authoritative wording. This entry rests only on the lead of its source article, which is brief; the detailed structure of the code, its amendments and its treatment of particular offences are not covered here and remain to be documented from further sources.