New Penal Code Is Approved and Passed to the Executive Branch

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Santo Domingo, 1 Aug (Prensa Latina) More than 20 social organizations expressed their rejection of the draft Penal Code approved by the Senate, considering that it violates fundamental rights, especially of women and children, transcended today. The post Dominican social organizations say Penal Code violates rights first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

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With no time for further adjustments, the Senate accepted the report and the observations of the deputies and signed into law yesterday afternoon the bill that modifies the "anachronistic" and "Napoleonic" Penal Code, whose 141-year validity could expire. This depends on whether President Luis Abinader proclaims the new CP in the coming days. The now called Organic Law that institutes the Penal Code of the Dominican Republic, with 393 articles —…

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Deputy Jesús Manuel (Sandro) Sánchez, president of the Permanent Commission of the Public Ministry and member of the Special Commission that worked on the additional adjustments to the new Penal Code, said that the adoption of this legislation represents a decisive step in providing the country with a modern legal framework that will avoid ridiculous sanctions and will respond to the main challenges of Dominican justice. Sandro Sánchez explained…

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SANTO DOMINGO.- After more than two decades of intense discussions and multiple failed attempts, the National Congress approved Thursday the reform of the Penal Code of the Dominican Republic, marking a legislative milestone in the legal history of the country. The new legal text, which must now be promulgated by the executive branch, incorporates more than 70 new criminal figures and tightens the penalties for various crimes, including feminici…

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After more than 20 years of discussion, the National Congress turned into law the bill that seeks to reform the Penal Code used in the country, which would allow an addition to the 70 classifications and aggravates various sanctions. (Continue reading...) The entry The Senate turns into law the reform to the Penal Code was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.

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BARAHONA. – The member of the Central Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Dr. Víctor Manuel Terrero, today described as cowardly, ignorant, insensitive, macho and inhuman the deputies and senators who approved the controversial draft reform of the Penal Code, excluding the three causes for the termination of pregnancy. Terrero, former deputy and ...