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{{Infobox legislation
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'''Penal Code''' (''Ordinance No. 2 of 1883)'' enacts the [[Crime|Criminal]] and Penal [[Politics of Sri Lanka|law of Sri Lanka]]. The Act/Law was adopted in 1883. There were two [[Constitutional amendment|amendments]] carried out as Penal Code (Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 1993., Penal Code (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=67628|title=Sri Lanka - Penal Code (Ordinance No. 2 of 1883).|website=www.ilo.org|access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref>

== Structure ==
{{Politics of Sri Lanka}}

The Penal Code has 22 Chapters and 490 Sections<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.srilankalaw.lk/Volume-VI/penal-code-ordinance.html|title=Penal Code Ordinance {{!}} Volume VI|website=www.srilankalaw.lk|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Penal Code of Sri Lanka ''(Sections 1 to 490)''
!style="width: 90px;"|Chapter
!style="width: 90px;"|Sections Covered
!style="width: 140px;"|Classification of offences
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|CHAPTER I
|1 -4
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|CHAPTER II
|5 - 51
|GENERAL EXPLANATIONS
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|CHAPTER III
|52 - 68
|OF PUNISHMENTS
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|CHAPTER IV
|69 - 99
|GENERAL EXCEPTIONS, OF THE RIGHT OF PRIVATE DEFENCE
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|CHAPTER V
|100 - 113
|OF ABETMENT
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|CHAPTER V A
|113A - 113B
|OF CONSPIRACY
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|CHAPTER VI
|114 - 127
|OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE,
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|CHAPTER VII
|128 - 137
|OF OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE
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|CHAPTER VIII
|138 - 157
|OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY,
|-
|CHAPTER IX
|158 - 169
|OF OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVANTS,
|-
|CHAPTER IXA
|169A - 169H
|OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS
|-
|CHAPTER X
|170 - 187
|OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS
|-
|CHAPTER XI
|188 - 224
|OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
|-
|CHAPTER XII
|225 - 256A
|OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS
|-
|CHAPTER XIII
|257 - 260
|OF OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
|-
|CHAPTER XIV
|261 - 289
|OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS
|-
|CHAPTER XV
|290 - 292
|OF OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION
|-
|CHAPTER XVI
|293 - 365
|OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY
|-
|CHAPTER XVII
|366 - 451
|OF OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY OF THEFT, OF EXTORTION, OF ROBBERY, OF CRIMINAL MISAPPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY, OF CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST, OF THE RECEIVING OF STOLEN PROPERTY, OF CHEATING, OF FRAUDULENT DEEDS AND DISPOSITIONS OF PROPERTY, OF MISCHIEF AND ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF WRECKS, OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS
|-
|CHAPTER-XVIII
|452 - 478D
|OF OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS, PROPERTY-MARKS, CURRENCY NOTES AND BANK NOTES, OF PROPERTY-MARKS, OF CURRENCY NOTES AND BANK NOTES
|-
|CHAPTER XIX
| NA
|(REPEALED)
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|CHAPTER XX
|483 - 488
|OF CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT, AND ANNOYANCE
|-
|CHAPTER XXI
|489
|OF UNLAWFUL OATHS
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|CHAPTER XXII
|490
|OF ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT OFFENCES
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== References ==
<references />{{Law of Sri Lanka}}

[[Category:Penal system in Sri Lanka| ]]

Penal Code of Sri Lanka - Revision history

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