Government-sponsored amendments to the penal code removed bribery as a prosecutable offence.
The existing Penal Code came into effect nearly 10 years after it was first drafted.
The current Penal Code, introduced in July 2015, repealed a set of laws written in 1968.
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...
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...
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...
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...
An amendment to make Islamic Shariah punishments mandatory in the new penal code was accepted for consideration at the People’s Majlis today. Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) MP...
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.
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 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...
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...
