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• GUTIERREZ AGUILAR DIANA

• VENTURA CHAUCA DAYANA
• HUAMAN TRIVEÑO ANDRES
• DEL ALAMO ESPINO STEFANY
• ELIAS DONAYRE MARIA PAZ
• MUÑOZ QUINTANA GEOVANI
• JORDAN SOTELO KAROLINA
• CHAVEZ CHAVEZ MARCO
• A penal code is a code or document that
compiles all, or a significant amount, of the
criminal law of a particular jurisdiction. In
general, a criminal code will contain crimes
recognized in the jurisdiction, the
possibilities of being able to be imposed for
these crimes and some general provisions.
PERUVIAN PENAL CODE

• The Penal Code of Peru is the normative body that currently

regulates crimes and their punishment in Peru. It was
promulgated on April 3, 1991 and published on April 8,
1991.The Penal Code is the set of punitive legal norms of Peru.
It is a code that includes the penalties applicable to any person
who commits a crime. The acts that are classified as crimes are
defined and the corresponding penalties are determined. It has
an irrevocable capacity, it is a great legal force that is used in
our population as a regulator and creditor of impartial justice.
It is possible to recognize that the Penal Code in force ceases
transcendental step in relation to the criminal sciences that preceded it.
The criminal phenomenon with alarming rates and
New violent modalities of social deviance pressed for better proposals for
punitive reaction.
The Penal Code seeks to specify the postulates of modern criminal policy,
establishing the premise that Criminal Law is the guarantee for the
possible viability in a
social and democratic order of law.
ARTICLES OF THE PERUVIAN
CRIMINAL CODE
ARTICLE 172 of the Penal Code. He will be punished
with imprisonment from one month to six years,
whoever defrauds another with an assumed name,
simulated quality, false titles, lied influence, breach of
trust or pretending property, credit, commission,
company or negotiation or using any other ruse.
cheated.
• Importance of the Penal Code The penal code
is the set of regulations that serve to punish I M P O R TA N C E O F
THE PENAL CODE
criminal acts. It has a long conceptual tradition
that begins with Roman law and that can be
understood as an overcoming of society with
respect to practices that were piecemeal with
regard to punishment. Thus, the purpose of the
criminal code is to protect society against
possible actions that harm any of its members
and it is from this perspective that its
importance must be understood; For this
purpose, the criminal code uses the
establishment of different penalties depending
on the seriousness of the act committed.
PRINCIPLES OF THE PENAL CODE

• 1-. Subjective responsibility:

• 2-. Orientation of the custodial
sentence to socialization of the
subject
• 3-. Legality
• 4-. Presumption of innocents.
indubio pro reo
• 5-. Proportionality
• 6-. Guilt, reprehensibility
• 7-. Minimal intervention
• 8-. Protection of legal assets
DIALOGUE

Teacher: good morning students, today we will talk about the penal code.
Student1: good morning teacher and what is the penal code?
Teacher: It is a code that includes the penalties applicable to any person who commits a crime.
Student2: Yes, the Criminal Code defines the acts that are classified as crimes and the
corresponding penalties are determined.
Teacher: Guys, tell me any article of the penal code that you know.
Student3: Article 159: Whoever uses or lends a minor under eighteen years of age for the practice
of begging, will be sanctioned with fifteen to thirty weekly working days of public utility.
Teacher: very good.
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