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Danish Penal Code
The Danish Penal Code[1] also known as The Danish Crim- The Penal Code is based on considerations done in
inal Code (Danish: Straffeloven) is the codification of the 1912, 1917 and 1923.
central legal text and makes up the foundation of crimi- • "Betænkning afgiven af Kommissionen nedsat til at
nal law in Denmark. foretage et Gennemsyn af den almindelige borgerlige
Straffelovgivning" (1912).
• "Betænkning angaaende de af den ... nedsatte
History Straffelovkommission udarbejdede Forslag ... ",
udarbejdet af Carl Torp (1917).
The Penal Code is law number 126 of April 15, 1930 with • "Betænkning afgiven af Straffelovskommissionen af
later amendments. It came automatically into effect on 9. November 1917" (1923).
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
References
laws invalidated. It has since be changed or amended to, [1] Danish Security and Intelligence Service: Danish
a large number of times, especially in the last 15 years, Penal Code - Special Chapters
with between 5 and 10 changes each year.
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