Penal Code


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


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


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The current Penal Code, introduced in July 2015, repealed a set of laws written in 1968.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


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


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


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


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


Parliament to consider mandatory Shariah punishments
18 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM


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


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


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


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


Criminal court slammed over MVR200 fine for man who assaulted wife
18 May 2015, 5:43 PM


Maldives defends death penalty and flogging
07 May 2015, 5:28 PM
President ratifies law stripping Nasheed of MDP presidency
05 May 2015, 6:30 PM
Legal status of penal code thrown into doubt
26 Apr 2015, 9:15 PM


Supreme Court barred judges from penal code trainings
19 Apr 2015, 7:10 PM


New penal code will ‘bury’ Islamic sharia
14 Apr 2015, 7:08 PM


Penal code delayed amid opposition MPs’ protest
12 Apr 2015, 7:23 PM
New penal code delayed by three months
09 Apr 2015, 5:24 PM