Parliament passes revised penal code
01 Apr 2014, 6:18 PM
Parliament passed the revised penal code today more than four years after it was resubmitted to the 17th People’s Majlis.
If ratified by the president, the new penal code will replace the existing law that was drafted and enacted in the 1960s.
The new law will come into force one year after ratification and publication in the government gazette.
The revised penal code (Dhivehi) was passed with 48 votes in favour, one against and three abstentions.
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