The Diet has passed a revision to the penal code to integrate two categories of confinement--“choeki” and “kinko”--into one called “kokin.” The revision has scrapped the traditional classification ...

Observers say the new Criminal Code and revised Criminal Procedure Code entrench provisions that undermine democracy.

Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the ...

President Duterte has signed the law that increases the outdated amounts in the Revised Penal Code on which fines and penalties are based, thus ensuring more proportional punishment for those who ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major ...

Mon, March 4, 2019 Published on Mar. 4, 2019 Published on 2019-03-04T10:05:37+07:00 he draft of the revised Criminal Code (KUHP) remains unfinished nearing the end of the 2014-2019 legislative term.

Vietnam will delay the release date of its 2025 Penal Code, which was scheduled to replace the 1999 Criminal Code on July 1, due to errors in the drafting process, according to a VnExpress source. No ...

“The defense of a state of necessity is a justifying circumstance. It is an affirmative defense that must be proved by the ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Franklin Drilon filed a bill on Friday, March 6, to propose many amendments to the 85-year-old Revised Penal Code (RPC). Senate Bill 2680 seeks to adjust the ...

MANILA, Philippines - Senate President Franklin Drilon has introduced several amendments to the 85-year-old Revised Penal Code to make it more relevant to the present situation and help address the ...

The draft Penal Code – currently under parliament’s scrutiny– among other things proposes scraping of the requirement of a court order before procuring an abortion.