Iron, Fire, and Ice: The Real History That Inspired Game of Thrones

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Criminal Code of Japan, Penal Code, Title 18 of the United States Code, Criminal Law of Australia, Philippine Criminal Law, Model Penal Code, Strafgesetzbuch, Criminal Code of Canada, California Penal Code, Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Indian Penal Code, English Criminal Code, Constitutio Criminalis Carolina, British Virgin Islands Criminal Code, French Penal Code of 1791, Criminal Code, Völkerstrafgesetzbuch, Code of Offences and Penalties, Crimes Act 1961, Danish Penal Code, Criminal Code of Russia, Pakistan Penal Code, Criminal Code of Belarus, Iraqi Penal Code, Penal Code of Brazil. Excerpt: 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 . The Code was passed into law by the Legislative Council on 1 April 1997, received Royal Assent on 1 May 1997, and was brought into force on 1 September 1997. It is sometimes mistakenly said that the Code contains all of the Territory's criminal laws. This is not correct. The Act expressly preserves offences under other enactments, as well as offences at common law . Parts After the preamble and various preliminary matters, the Act is divided into 21 parts as follows: Footnotes (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Volumes of the Thomson West annotated version of the California Penal Code; the other popular annotated version is Deering's, which is published by LexisNexis The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of criminal law in the American state of California . It was originally enacted in 1872 and has been substantially amended and revised since then. Organization The code is divided into Parts 1 and 2, which each contain "titles," some of t...