PENAL CODE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I GENERAL PART
BOOK I OFFENCES AND THE OFFENDER
TITLE I
CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS SCOPE
Art . 1 . Art . 2 . Art . 3 . Art . 4 .
Chapter I. SCOPE OF THE LAW Object and Purpose . Principle of Legality . Other Penal Legislation . Equality before the law .
Chapter II . SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LAW
Section 1 . Conditions as to time Art . 5 . Non - retrospective effect of Criminal Law . Art . 6 . Exception : Application of the more favourable law . Art . 7 . Application as to Measures . Art . 8. -- Application as to periods of limitation . Art , 9. — Judgments passed under legislation repealed by this Code . Art . 10. - Application as to cancellation and reinstatement .
Conditions as to Place
Paragraph 1. Principal Application Art . 11 . Offences committed on Ethiopian Territory : Normal Case . Art . 12 . Special Case : Delegation . Art . 13 . Offences committed in a foreign country against Ethiopia . Art . 14. — Offences committed in a foreign country by an Ethiopian enjoying
immunity . Art . 15 . Offences committed in a foreign country by members of the Armed
Forces . Art . 16 . Effect of foreign sentences .
Paragraph 2. Subsidiary application Art . 17 . - Offences committed in a foreign country against International Law
or Universal Order . Art . 18. — Other offences committed in a foreign country . Art . 19. - Conditions for subsidiary application . Art . 20. - Effect of foreign sentences .
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