Penal Code of Haiti (pre-2020 code)
- Runs from Article 1 to Article 413.
- Article 1 defines a contravention, a delit and a crime by the class of penalty the law attaches to each.
- Chapters on criminal and correctional penalties cover their effects, the other sentences that may be imposed and repeat offenses.
- Title I covers offenses touching the public good, including state security, political rights, forgery and misconduct by public officials.
- Article 19 bis was added by the decree of September 23, 1985.
- Article 413 sends the code to the Senate under the Constitution.
The text runs from Article 1 to Article 413, the last of which sends the code to the Senate under the Constitution. Article 1 sorts offenses by the penalty the law attaches: a contravention carries police penalties, a delit carries correctional penalties, and a crime carries an afflictive or infamous penalty. The table of contents lists general provisions, penalties in criminal and correctional matters and their effects, persons punishable or excusable, and then crimes, delits and their punishment, starting with offenses touching the public good: state security, the constitution, public peace, forgery, and misconduct by public officials. Later amendments are marked in the text, such as the decree of September 23, 1985 added at Article 19 bis. The copy is a web edition from haitijustice.com, 84 pages.
How to cite
Legislative Body of Haiti, 1835, Penal Code of Haiti (pre-2020 code), https://archivesjuridiquesht.com/archives/6