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Criminal Procedure Code (Legislative Decree No: 1 of 1 June 1963).

Main Region

First Region

Somalia
Criminal and penal law
1963-06-01
National
Law, Act

Second Region

The Criminal Procedure Code (which consists of 288 Articles) includes concepts which are found in common law countries, such as the presumption of innocence, the onus and burden of proof, the writ of haebus corpus and rules of evidence.

The Code still applies, with some exceptions, to Somaliland.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1965-03-31
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