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Penal Code

Politics

Maldives ruling party denies secretively seeking to decriminalise bribery

Government-sponsored amendments to the penal code removed bribery as a prosecutable offence.

01 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

New crimes set to be part of Maldives Penal Code

The existing Penal Code came into effect nearly 10 years after it was first drafted.

05 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

Government wants to add treason to Penal Code

The current Penal Code, introduced in July 2015, repealed a set of laws written in 1968.

11 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

Supreme Court proposes changes to new penal code

The Supreme Court has proposed amendments to the Maldives’ new penal code in the first known meeting of the multi-stakeholder judicial sector law reform committee on Sunday, according to the state broadcaster.

02 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM

Culture

Maldives sees wave of arrests on sorcery charges

Three elderly men were arrested from two different islands on a charge of practicing black magic this week. Another four were arrested last week. The police claim to have found “tools for the practice of black magic” in their possession, but relatives of some of the suspects said police had only confiscated Arabic books.

28 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM

Culture

Supreme Court strikes down sentence of death by stoning

The magistrate court verdict marked the first time a person was sentenced to death by stoning in the Maldives and sparked heated debate and outrage on social media. Invoking powers under “supervisory jurisdiction,” the Supreme Court said the magistrate court decided the case “in violation of judicial and legal procedures”.

19 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Supreme Court to decide on meting out Sharia punishments

Amendments brought to the new penal code today state that the Supreme Court must pass a final sentence before convicts found guilty of offences for which penalties are prescribed in Islamic Sharia are punished.

27 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Parliament to consider mandatory Shariah punishments

18 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

PPM MP proposes authority for president to alter penalties for convicts

The parliament today accepted for consideration changes proposed to the Clemency Act to grant authority to the president to alter the type of punishment for convicts.

17 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Maldives celebrates historic penal code

A new penal code came into effect today, repealing a law written in 1968. Government offices, the opposition and influential figures have welcomed the law as a momentous change that will usher in major reforms to the Maldives’ criminal justice system.

16 Jul 2015, 4:00 PM

Politics

Only three judges trained on new penal code

A new penal code is due to come into force at midnight tonight, but the Juvenile Court judges are the only judges who have been trained on the provisions in the new law. Minivan News understands that the training took place without the Supreme Court’s permission.

15 Jul 2015, 9:25 PM

Politics

Drastic changes planned for new penal code

The Supreme Court is planning to submit extensive changes to the new penal code due to come into force on July 16. A reliable source has told Minivan News that the changes are modelled on South Sudan’s penal code and will undo a decade’s work of modernising the criminal justice system.

05 Jul 2015, 9:10 PM

Politics

Criminal court slammed over MVR200 fine for man who assaulted wife

18 May 2015, 5:43 PM

Politics

Maldives defends death penalty and flogging

07 May 2015, 5:28 PM

News In Brief

President ratifies law stripping Nasheed of MDP presidency

05 May 2015, 6:30 PM

Politics

Legal status of penal code thrown into doubt

26 Apr 2015, 9:15 PM

Politics

Supreme Court barred judges from penal code trainings

19 Apr 2015, 7:10 PM

Politics

New penal code will ‘bury’ Islamic sharia

14 Apr 2015, 7:08 PM

Politics

Penal code delayed amid opposition MPs’ protest

12 Apr 2015, 7:23 PM

News In Brief

New penal code delayed by three months

09 Apr 2015, 5:24 PM

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