General Penal Code (Iceland)
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General Penal Code ({{langx|is|Almenn hegningarlög}}) governs the criminal law in Iceland. The code is passed under Act no.19 and revised acts have been adopted in principal areas of law, such as the Act on Customs and the Act in Respect of Children. In the last few years, legislation is updated in certain fields of law, such as in banking, communications, corporations and intellectual property rights.{{Cite web|url=http://sff.is/en/legislation/legal-system-iceland|title=The legal system in Iceland {{!}} sff.is|website=sff.is|access-date=2017-04-02|archive-date=2017-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402170604/http://sff.is/en/legislation/legal-system-iceland|url-status=dead}}
Structure
General Penal Code of 1940, sub-divided into 29 chapters, comprises 269 articles.{{Cite web|url=https://eng.innanrikisraduneyti.is/laws-and-regulations/nr/1145|title=General Penal Code No. 19, February 12, 1940|website=Ministry of the Interior|language=en|access-date=2017-04-02}}
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!Chapters !Articles !Description |
| Chapter I
|1 - 11 |Conditions for Authority of Penalties, Sphere of Application of Penal Law ? 1)et al. |
| Chapter II
|12 - 19 |General Conditions for Imposition of Penalties |
| Chapter III
|20 - 23 |Attempt and Participation |
| Chapter IV
|24 - 30 |Rules of Indictment |
| Chapter V
|31 - 55 |On the Penalties |
| Chapter VI
|56 - 61 |On Conditionally Suspended Indictment and Suspended Sentences |
| Chapter VII
|62 - 69 |On Security Measures, Deprivation of Civil Rights and Confiscation of Assets |
| Chapter VIII
|70 - 79 |Factors Influencing Determination of Penalty |
| Chapter IX
|80 - 85 |Limitations of Criminal Liability, Cancellation of Sanctions and Restoration of Civil Rights. |
| Chapter X
|86 - 97 |High Treason |
| Chapter XI
|98 - 105 |Offences against the Constitution of the State and its Supreme Administration |
| Chapter XII
|106 - 117 |Offences against the Authorities |
| Chapter XIII
|118 - 127 |Offences against Public Peace and General Order |
| Chapter XIV
|128 - 141 |Offences while Exercising a Public Office |
| Chapter XV
|142 - 149 |False Testimony and False Accusations |
| Chapter XVI
|150 - 154 |Counterfeit of Money and other Offences respecting Legal Tender |
| Chapter XVII
|155 - 163 |Falsification of Documents and other Offences pertaining to Visible Evidence |
| Chapter XVIII
|164 - 175 |Offences Causing Danger to the Public |
| Chapter XIX
|176 - 179 |Miscellaneous Offences against Public Interests |
| Chapter XX
|180 - 187 |Violations of Rules respecting Maintenance and Employment Practice |
| Chapter XXI
|188 - 193 |Offences against Family Relationships |
| Chapter XXII
|194 - 210 |Sexual Offences |
| Chapter XXIII
|211 - 224 |Manslaughter and Bodily Injuries |
| Chapter XXIV
|225 - 227 |Offences against Personal Freedom |
| Chapter XXV
|228 - 242 |Defamations and Offences against the Inviolability of Private Life |
| Chapter XXVI
|243 - 256 |Enrichment Offences |
| Chapter XXVII
|257 - 264 |Miscellaneous Offences pertaining to Financial Rights |
| Chapter XXVIII
|265 - 267 |Provisions on Compensation, Cancellation of Inheritance Right et al. |
| Chapter XXIX
|NA |NA |