I would like to bring to the attention of the members of the IRC Section 506 of the Penal Code (Kanun Keseksaan) “Punishment for Criminal Intimidation”, where the investigating officer (IO) in ...

In a long-awaited opinion — Siry Investment, L.P. v. Farkhondehpour — the California Supreme Court held that California Penal Code section 496 can apply to a business dispute. The opinion ...

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalises consensual private sexual acts between adults. It came into force in 1862. Lawyers have argued that the notorious Criminal Tribes Act, 1871, which ...

The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court has declined to stay proceedings in a case of where a 19-year-old boy is challenging the constitutionality of Section 138 of the Penal Code.

Section 377A of the Penal Code is a colonial-era law that criminalised sex between men. Marriage is defined under Section 12 of the Women’s Charter as being between a man and a woman.

The Malaysian Bar today cautioned police against using Section 124B of the Penal Code, which relates to activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy, against those exercising their democratic right ...

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is an archaic law that was introduced during the British era in 1860s and makes gay sex a crime for which the punishment can be a life term.

Prior to Newsom’s signing the bill, Section 1524.2 (c) of the Penal Code mandated that a California corporation that provides electronic communication services or remote computing services to ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises cruelty towards women by their husbands or in-laws, does not violate the right to equality ...

SINGAPORE - Three court cases filed separately by three different men - all with one single goal in challenging the constitutionality of Section 377A of the Penal Code which criminalises ...