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ISL-1940-L-36719
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Act on the Penal Code, No. 19/1940.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Iceland
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1940-02-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Penal Code contains several provisions regarding civil servants. A civil servant can be dismissed in cases of illegal activities (art. 68). Chapter XII (art. 106-117) contains provisions on bribery and other offenses against civil servants and chapter XIV (art. 128-141 and art. 230) contains provisions concerning offenses and crimes of civil servants.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2008 (ISL-2008-L-82808)
Law on Criminal Procedure, No. 88/2008.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line in English
Author
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Country
Iceland
URL
http://eng.domsmalaraduneyti.is/laws-and-regulations/nr/1145
File
ISL36719.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Parliament of Iceland - Althingi, Iceland
URL
http://www.althingi.is/
File
ISL36719 ISL2017.pdf (PDF of Act in Icelandic as amended to Act No. 23/2016)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Lagasafn'b
Publisher
Ministry of Justice
Place of publication
Reykjavik
Country
Iceland
Date
1991
Page range
pp. 2439-2480