Danish penalty law

Danish penalty law

Danish penalty law ( _da. Straffeloven) is the codification of the central legal text and constitutes the foundation of the Kingdom of Denmark's criminal law.

The Danish penalty law is law number 126 of April 15, 1930. It came automatically into effect on January 1, 1933 replacing a wide range of previous laws, including the general penalty law of February 10, 1866. Law number 127 of April 15, 1930 describes all previous laws invalidated. It has since be changed or amended to, a large number of times, especially in the last 15 years, with between 5 and 10 changes each year.

Until 1992 it was known as the civil penalty law (Danish: "den borgerlige straffelov"), today it's known only as the penalty law.

History

The Danish penalty law is based on considerations done in 1912, 1917 and 1923.

* "Betænkning afgiven af Kommissionen nedsat til at foretage et Gennemsyn af den almindelige borgerlige Straffelovgivning" (1912).
* "Betænkning angaaende de af den ... nedsatte Straffelovkommission udarbejdede Forslag ... ", udarbejdet af Carl Torp (1917).
* "Betænkning afgiven af Straffelovskommissionen af 9. November 1917" (1923).

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The Danish penalty law is divided into two parts

General Part ("Almindelig del") chapter 1-11

* 1. kapitel Indledende bestemmelser §§ 1-2
* 2. kapitel Almindelige betingelser for strafferetlige bestemmelsers anvendelse §§ 3-12
* 3. kapitel Strafbarhedsbetingelser §§ 13-20
* 4. kapitel Forsøg og medvirken §§ 21-24
* 5. kapitel Strafansvar for juridiske personer §§ 25- 27
* 6. kapitel Straffene §§ 31-55
* 7. kapitel Betingede domme §§ 56-61 a
* 8. kapitel Samfundstjeneste §§ 62-67
* 9. kapitel Andre retsfølger af den strafbare handling §§ 68-79
* 10. kapitel Straffens fastsættelse §§ 80-91
* 11. kapitel Ophør af den strafbare handlings retsfølger §§ 92-97 c

pecial Part ("Særlig del") chapter 12-29

* 12. kapitel Forbrydelser mod statens selvstændighed og sikkerhed §§ 98-110 f
* 13. kapitel Forbrydelser mod statsforfatningen og de øverste statsmyndigheder m.v. §§ 111-118 a
* 14. kapitel Forbrydelser mod den offentlige myndighed m.v. §§ 119-132 a
* 15. kapitel Forbrydelser mod den offentlige orden og fred §§ 133-143
* 16. kapitel Forbrydelser i offentlig tjeneste eller hverv m.v. §§ 144-157
* 17. kapitel Falsk forklaring og falsk anklage §§ 158-165
* 18. kapitel Forbrydelser vedrørende betalingsmidler §§ 166-170
* 19. kapitel Forbrydelser vedrørende bevismidler §§ 171-179
* 20. kapitel Almenfarlige forbrydelser §§ 180-192 a
* 21. kapitel Forskellige almenskadelige handlinger §§ 193-196
* 22. kapitel Betleri og skadelig erhvervsvirksomhed §§ 197-207
* 23. kapitel Forbrydelser i familieforhold §§ 208-215
* 24. kapitel Forbrydelser mod kønssædeligheden §§ 216-236
* 25. kapitel Forbrydelser mod liv og legeme §§ 237-259
* 26. kapitel Forbrydelser mod den personlige frihed §§ 260-262
* 27. kapitel Freds- og ærekrænkelser §§ 263-275 a
* 28. kapitel Formueforbrydelser §§ 276-305
* 29. kapitel Særlige bestemmelser om juridiske personer § 306


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