penal code

collection of criminal laws, code of crimes and punishments

A penal code can be defined as that portion of a state's laws that deal with defining the elements of particular crimes and specifying the punishment for each crime. Other parts of the laws of a given state can also define crimes and punishments, such as a traffic code or a building safety code, or laws addressing environmental resources by regulating hunting, fishing, or forestry.
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Noun
1. the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
(hypernym) legal code
(classification) law, jurisprudence

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n. ประมวลกฎหมายอาญา (syn. civil code, enactment)