Standard Penal Code for Latin America

Translated by Jose M. Canals and Henry Dahl
17 AM. J. CRIM. L. 263 (1990)

Title One: Application of the Penal Law

Chapter 1: Territorial Scope of the Penal Law

Chapter 2: Application of the State Penal Law

Title Two: Crimes

Section A

Chapter One: Form, Time, and Place of the Criminal Act

Chapter Two: Justification

Chapter Three: Criminal Responsibility

Chapter Four: Liability

Section B: Principals and Accomplices

Section C: Attempt

Title Three: Punishments

Section A: Classification of Punishments

Section B: Security Measures

Section C: Sentencing

Chapter 2: Repeat Offenders, Habitual Criminals and Career Criminals

Chapter 3: Individualization of Punishment by the Court

Chapter 4: Suspended Sentence

Chapter 5: Fine Instead of Imprisonment

Chapter 6: Parole

Chapter 7: Reinstatement of Rights

Title Four: Civil Liability Derived from the Crime

Title Five: Extinction of Criminal Actions and Punishments