Three months later, the laws were repealed by the state Legislature and removed from the penal code.
Last year the government gave the nod to a workshop that looked into changing the penal code.
The mainstream moral values of Singaporeans are conservative, and the Penal Code has provisions against certain homosexual practices.
The clause re-criminalising adultery is part of a package of proposed changes to overhaul Turkey's 78-year-old penal code.
The radical leader was "known for his anti-Semitic stance and condemned for publicly violating French penal code, " the prosecutor said.
Ms. Fox said the citation of the penal code was made after consulting with the Kings County District Attorney's office.
Currently, the punishment for rape in India's penal code can range from seven years to life imprisonment, though courts can levy lesser sentences.
Public prosecutors have demanded that the five suspects be charged under the Indian Penal Code with crimes including murder, gang rape, robbery and kidnapping.
He spoke after the European Commission warned that Turkey's bid to join the EU could be complicated by its delay in passing the penal code.
Given Mr Erdogan's reputation as a savvy politician, there is puzzlement in Ankara over why he shifted his ground on the penal code so abruptly.
Under the penal code, causing "grievous hurt" is grounds for arrest.
But the final appeals court supported an argument put forward by Mr Berlusconi's lawyers that there may be a constitutional flaw in the reformed penal code.
The proposed reforms of the penal code and criminal-justice system will have to overcome the entrenched attitudes of judges and lawyers, also well represented in Congress.
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And neither does the State of California, which makes it a misdemeanor to solemnize a marriage without first reviewing the marriage license (Penal Code, Section 360).
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Turkish law disqualifies candidates with criminal records from running for office - although Mr Erdogan had challenged those rules citing recent amendments to the Turkish penal code.
Being gay in India can get one thrown into jail in this country because of a section of the Indian Penal Code (Section 377) which criminalizes same-sex relationships.
Senegal has ratified international conventions for the protection of women's rights, and voted in 1999 a law, which amended the Penal Code by introducing other forms of violence and emphasizing sanctions.
All have been equally charged by law enforcement with a litany of offences of kidnapping, unnatural offences, dacoity, robbery, destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy and common intention under the Indian Penal Code.
But its proposed reform of the penal code is being criticised by some judges because, as they interpret the proposal, the most dangerous criminals could be set free after only 20 years in jail.
On Friday, a statement published by the STL said the prosecution was "seeking to add a new count to the indictment of 'criminal association', which is an offence under the Lebanese penal code (Article 335)".
Separately, a class action filed the same month by California clients of Salomon's Atlanta office charged the firm with violating California penal code for failing to warn residents of that state that they were being taped.
To get this far, Turkey has taken such dramatic steps as abolishing the death penalty, accepting Kurdish as a language in schools, scrapping state security courts, revising the penal code and tightening civilian control over the army.
They were convicted under a section of the Penal Code which outlaws deeds intended to wound or insult "the religious feelings of any class of persons" through acts committed in, upon or near sacred objects or places of worship.
Since the reform of Italy's penal code in 1989, trials have been transferred very rarely to new jurisdictions, because the circumstances in which that can happen are narrowly defined, partly to prevent defendants from shopping around for favourable judges.
In his first term, Mr Menem packed the Supreme Court, and pushed through a new code on penal procedure that allowed him to name more than 50 senior judges and prosecutors.
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