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The elements constituting a crime vary between codes that draw on common law principles and those that draw from the Model Penal Code. For example, the mens rea required of murder in federal law under the United States Code is distinct from the mens rea of murder under the Texas Penal Code (which adopted the Model Penal Code in 1974 [40] [39]):
18 January – Court case is filed by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission of Kenya to challenge the constitutionality of Kenya's sodomy law as contained in sections 162, 163 and 165 of the Penal Code. 21 September – The High Court of Kenya rules that the film Rafiki be allowed to screen in Kenyan theaters for one week in ...
Article 370 of the Penal Code 2005. [49] Seychelles: Genocide Act of 1969. [4] Singapore: Section 130D and 130E of the Penal Code [50] As inserted by section 28 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007 [51] Solomon Islands: Article 52 (Genocide) of the Penal Code. [4] Slovakia: Articles 259-265 of the Criminal Code. [4] Slovenia
The authority for the actus reus and mens rea of involuntary manslaughter by an unlawful and dangerous act is the High Court of Australia case of Wilson v R. [31] This case determined that the act that caused the death must breach the criminal law and that the act must carry an appreciable risk of serious injury ( actus reus ).
[24] [25] If "hate speech" is taken to mean ethnic agitation, it is prohibited in Finland and defined in the section 11 of the penal code, War crimes and crimes against humanity, as published information or as an opinion or other statement that threatens or insults a group because of race, nationality, ethnicity, religion or conviction, sexual ...
LGBTQ rights in Nigeria Nigeria Status Illegal since 1904 (Northern Region only; as Northern Nigeria Protectorate) : 34 Illegal since 1916 (Region-wide; as Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria) : 34 Penalty Up to 14 years imprisonment Life imprisonment according to federal law States under Shari'a law: Death (Applies to persons who have consented to jurisdiction of Shari'a courts plus all ...
The Federal Shari'a Court and the Shari'a bench of the Supreme Court serve as appellate courts for certain convictions in criminal court under the Hudood Ordinance, which criminalizes rape, extramarital sex, property crimes, alcohol, and gambling; judges and attorneys in these courts must be Muslim. The Federal Shari'a Court may overturn any ...