Penal Code of Bangladesh

The Penal Code
The Penal Code
Citation	Act No. XLV of 1860
Territorial extent	Bangladesh
Committee report	First Law Commission
	Status: Amended

The Penal Code of Bangladesh is the official criminal code of Bangladesh. It is based on the Indian Penal Code enacted in 1860 by the Governor General-in-Council. It is similar to the penal codes of countries formerly part of the British Empire in South and Southeast Asia, including Singapore, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

The Parliament of Bangladesh has amended the penal code on several occasions, with the most recent being in 2004.

The code is a legacy of the Victorian era. While its objective is to provide a general penal code for Bangladesh,^[1] other criminal law statutes have also been enacted by the Bangladeshi parliament.

^ "Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860)". Bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd. 12 August 1949. Retrieved 10 July 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] "Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860)". Bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd. 12 August 1949. Retrieved 10 July 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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