Somalia prepares a penal code for new forms of crime
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Goobjoog
Somali House of the People Speaker Cabdulqaadir Maxamed Nuur discussed modernising the penal code with the committee on justice and religious affairs. The draft includes a response to new forms of crime linked to technology and information systems, according to Goobjoog.
Somalia is preparing to revise and modernise its penal code to adapt it to the country’s social, economic and technological changes. The draft law is being examined by the Federal Parliament of Somalia, according to Goobjoog.
The Speaker of the House of the People, Cabdulqaadir Maxamed Nuur, discussed the text with the parliamentary committee on justice, religious endowments and religious affairs, in the presence of the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Xasan Macallin Maxamuud. The discussions focused in particular on the need to incorporate new forms of crime into criminal law, according to Goobjoog.
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