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HRS §701-100 Title and effective date of amendments
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§701-100 Title and effective date of amendments. Title 37 shall be known as the Hawaii Penal Code. Amendments made to this Code by Act 314, Session Laws of Hawaii 1986, shall become effective on January 1, 1987. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1986, c 314, pt of §1]
HRS §701-101 Applicability to offenses committed before the effective date of amendments
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§701-101 Applicability to offenses committed before the effective date of amendments. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), amendments made by Act 314, Session Laws of Hawaii 1986, to this Code do not apply to offenses committed before the effective date of Act 314, Session L…
HRS §701-102 All offenses defined by statute; applicability to offenses committed after the effective date
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§701-102 All offenses defined by statute; applicability to offenses committed after the effective date. (1) No behavior constitutes an offense unless it is a crime or violation under this Code or another statute of this State. (2) The provisions of this Code govern the constructi…
HRS §701-103 Purposes of this Code
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§701-103 Purposes of this Code. The purposes of this Code are to codify the general principles of the penal law and to define and codify certain specific offenses which constitute harms to basic social interests which the Code seeks to protect. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]