Law No. 38/20 approving the Penal Code of Angola. Pays/Territoire Angola Type du document Législation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Diário da República, I Série, No. 179. Sujet Environnement gén., Alimentation et nutrition, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes, Général Mot clé Loi-cadre Gouvernance Radiation Patrimoine culturel Cultures interdites Lutte contre la pollution Infractions/sanctions Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Protection de l'habitat Protection du consommateur Transformation/manutention Fraude Santé publique Faune sauvage Flore sauvage Biodiversité Chasse/capture Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Centrale, Pays les moins avances, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Law enters into force 90 days after its publication. Résumé This Law approves the Angolan Penal Code. The Code, consisting of 473 articles divided in two Books (seven Titles and nine Titles respectively), protects the legal assets essential to safeguarding the State and citizens as well as the development of institutions. It regulates the limits of penalties, remissions, the transitional regime, juvenile criminal liability, and contravention. The Penal Code has two parts, a General Part, which regulates the Criminal Law, the Punishable Fact, the Legal Consequences of the Fact, the Particular Complaint and Accusation, the Extinction of Criminal Liability, the Compensation for Losses and Damages for Crime and Contravention and a Special Part, which regulates crimes against persons, against the family, against public faith, against collective security, against State Security, against natural heritage, against the environment, against peace and the international community, computer crimes and against the consumer and the market. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.legis-palop.org