Criminal Code

Cap. 101 · Revised Edition 2020 · 354 sections

s. 1Perjury and Other Crimes Relating to Evidence and to Judicial Proceedings
s. 2Rescue, Escape and Compounding of Crime
s. 3General rules of construction
s. 4Interpretation
s. 5Establishment of standard tests for certain questions relating to criminal liability
s. 6Intention
s. 7Knowledge
s. 8Recklessness
s. 9Proof of intention, knowledge, recklessness and foresight
s. 10Negligence
s. 11Causing an event
s. 12Consent
s. 13Fraud
s. 14Threats
s. 15Duress
s. 16Definition of “person”
s. 17Imprisonment with or without labour
s. 18Attempts
s. 19Preparation for crime
s. 20Abetment of crimes
s. 21One crime abetted, another committed
s. 22Duty to prevent felony
s. 23Conspiracy
s. 24Punishment for conspiracy
s. 25Infancy
s. 26Insanity
s. 27Intoxication
s. 28Ignorance or mistake of fact or of law
s. 29Abolition of presumption of marital coercion
s. 30Justification for force and harm
s. 31Grounds on which force or harm may be justified
s. 32General limits of justifiable force or harm
s. 33Authority by statute
s. 34Execution of a sentence or order of a court
s. 35Authority to keep the peace or to preserve order
s. 36Prevention of or defence against crime
s. 37Defence of property, possession or overcoming obstruction of legal right
s. 38Preserving order on board vessel
s. 39Authority to correct child, or other similar person
s. 40Consent to the use of force
s. 41Interference by third persons
s. 42Additional force and harm
s. 43Aid of other persons
s. 44Common assault
s. 45Aggravated assault
s. 45ASexual assault
s. 46Rape
s. 46ADeliberate or reckless spreading of HIV/AIDS
s. 47Unlawful sexual intercourse
s. 47ARape of a child
s. 47BAssault of a child under sixteen by penetration
s. 47CEngaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child
s. 47DSexual offences committed by children
s. 47ESexual activity with a person who is mentally defective or of unsound mind
s. 47FCausing or inciting a person who is mentally defective or has an unsound mind to engage in sexual activity
s. 47GEngaging in sexual activity in the presence of a person who is mentally defective or has an unsound mind
s. 48Mandatory life sentence for habitual sex offenders
s. 49Procuration
s. 50Procuring defilement of a person by threats or fraud or administration of drugs
s. 51Owner or occupier permitting use of premises for unlawful sexual intercourse
s. 52Saving as to rape
s. 53Unnatural crime
s. 53AEvidential Presumptions about consent
s. 53BPenalty of fine not to apply
s. 54Repealed
s. 54AHostage taking
s. 55Repealed
s. 56Repealed
s. 57Forcible abduction
s. 58Compulsion of marriage
s. 59Special provision as to abetment
s. 60Cruelty to children including abandonment
s. 61Repealed
s. 62Incest
s. 63Incest by females of or over sixteen
s. 64Prosecutions for incest
s. 65Special provision for treatment and reporting of sex offenders
s. 65ASexual offender notification
s. 65BFailure to comply
s. 65CProhibition of contact order
s. 66Kinds of assault
s. 67Definition of assault
s. 68Assault without actual battery
s. 69Unlawful imprisonment
s. 70Definition of common assault
s. 71Rape defined
s. 72Marital rape defined
s. 73Evidence of rape, etc
s. 73ADeliberate or reckless spreading of HIV/AIDS defined
s. 74Avoidance of marriage
s. 75Kidnapping
s. 76Stealing a person
s. 77Abduction defined
s. 77AAbduction of a child
s. 78Special provisions as to abduction, etc
s. 79Intentional harm
s. 80Wounding
s. 81Grievous harm
s. 82Maim and dangerous harm
s. 83Use of deadly means of harm
s. 84Administering noxious matter
s. 85Aggravation
s. 86Garrotting, etc
s. 87Intentionally endangering train or vessel
s. 88Throwing, etc., at a train
s. 89Obstructing trains
s. 90Interference with signals, etc
s. 91Frauds endangering trains or vessels
s. 92Repealed
s. 93Negligent harm
s. 94Negligent wound or grievous harm
s. 95Negligence by persons in charge of dangerous things
s. 96Kinds of harm
s. 97Unlawful harm defined
s. 98Causing harm by an omission
s. 99Duty for preventing harm defined
s. 100Duty to supply necessaries of health and life
s. 101Explanations as to office, etc
s. 102Exceptions from general provisions
s. 103Surgical or medical treatment
s. 104Hindering the saving of life
s. 105Poison explained
s. 106Murder
s. 107Attempt to murder
s. 108Manslaughter
s. 109Abetment of suicide
s. 110Infanticide
s. 111Abortion, miscarriage and child destruction
s. 112Medical termination of pregnancy
s. 113Conscientious objection to participation in treatment
s. 114Injury to child at birth
s. 115Concealment of body of child
s. 116Manslaughter defined
s. 117Murder defined
s. 118Diminished responsibility
s. 119When intentional homicide is reduced to manslaughter
s. 120Provocation defined
s. 121When provocation shall not be admitted
s. 122Mistake as to matter of provocation
s. 123Mistake as to the person
s. 124Special provisions as to causing death
s. 125Special provisions as to abetment
s. 126Explanation as to a child
s. 127Abortion
s. 128Harm to a child at birth
s. 129Concealment of child
s. 130Exceptions as to surgical or medical treatment
s. 131Jurisdiction
s. 132Destroying or damaging property
s. 133Threats to destroy or damage property
s. 134Possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property
s. 135Punishment
s. 136Without lawful excuse
s. 137Meaning of property
s. 138Meaning of damage
s. 139Basic definition of theft
s. 140“Dishonestly”
s. 141“Appropriates”
s. 142Consent by a wife
s. 143“Property”
s. 144“Belonging to another”
s. 145“With the intention of permanently depriving the other of it”
s. 146Theft
s. 147Robbery
s. 148Burglary
s. 149Aggravated burglary
s. 150Removal of articles from places open to the public
s. 151Taking motor vehicle or other conveyance without authority
s. 152Abstracting of electricity
s. 153Obtaining property by deception
s. 154Obtaining a money transfer by deception
s. 155Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit
s. 156Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception
s. 157Obtaining services by deception
s. 158Evasion of liability by deception
s. 159Making off without payment
s. 160Punishment
s. 161Supplementary
s. 162False accounting
s. 163Liability of company officers for certain offences by company
s. 164False statement by company directors, etc
s. 165Suppression, etc., of documents
s. 165AOffence of fraud
s. 166Frauds in sale of land
s. 167Boundaries, documents and accounts
s. 168Removing goods to evade legal process
s. 169Frauds as to tickets, etc
s. 170Blackmail
s. 170AInsider trading
s. 171Handling stolen goods
s. 172Scope of offences relating to stolen goods
s. 172AIllicit trafficking in stolen and other goods
s. 173Going equipped for stealing, etc
s. 174Interpretation
s. 175Forgery of documents and securities
s. 176Forgery of official documents
s. 177Forgery above twenty-five dollars
s. 178Forgery of passport
s. 179Forgery of other documents
s. 180Uttering false documents
s. 181Claiming upon a forged document
s. 182Possessing false documents
s. 183Procuring, making, etc., of documents by force, etc
s. 184False coin
s. 185Uttering false current coin
s. 186Possessing false current coin
s. 187Making, mending or having possession of any coining tools a felony
s. 188Forged or counterfeit coin, etc., to be delivered to the Governor of the Central Bank of Belize
s. 189Punishment for selling medals resembling current coin
s. 190Damaging current coin
s. 191Uttering damaged coin
s. 192Impairing current coin and unlawful possession of filings, etc
s. 193Forgery of currency notes
s. 194Imitation of currency notes
s. 195Possession of counterfeited or incomplete notes
s. 196Possession of paper for notes
s. 197Mutilating or defacing currency notes
s. 198Making or having in possession paper or implements for forgery
s. 199Forging hall-marks
s. 200Forging trade-marks
s. 201Forgery of dies and stamps
s. 202Forgery explained
s. 203Current coin, official document and currency notes defined
s. 204Counterfeiting defined
s. 205Falsification defined
s. 206Defacing defined
s. 207Explanation
s. 208Imitation need not be perfect
s. 209Jurisdiction
s. 210Common forger or coiner defined
s. 211Trade-mark defined
s. 212Armed force against the Government
s. 213Seditious libels and assemblies
s. 214Seditious conspiracy
s. 215Seditious intention
s. 216On proof of certain facts principal not liable for the acts of his agents
s. 217Defaming Her Majesty
s. 218Aiding escape of prisoner of war
s. 219Abetment of mutiny
s. 220Abetment of desertion
s. 221Abetment of insubordination
s. 222Unlawful training
s. 223Evasion of military service
s. 224Unlawful oaths
s. 225Interpretation
s. 226Riot
s. 227Rioting with weapons
s. 228Riot and felony
s. 229Unlawful assembly
s. 230Provocation of riot
s. 231Rioting after proclamation
s. 232Obstructing proclamation
s. 233Assaulting magistrate, etc., in riot
s. 234Forcible entry
s. 235Forcible detainer
s. 236Provocation to fight
s. 237Unlawfully carrying arms
s. 238Threats of death or grievous harm
s. 239Written threats
s. 240Violence against judges, witnesses, etc
s. 241Disturbance of lawful assemblies
s. 242Obstructing public officers
s. 243Obstructing lawful acts by violence, etc
s. 244Causing public terror
s. 245Riot defined
s. 246Proclamation, how to be made
s. 247Dispersion of rioters
s. 248Violence defined
s. 249Perjury
s. 250Perjury on trial for capital crimes
s. 251Perjury on trial for other crimes
s. 252False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath
s. 253Perjury for the purpose of defrauding by personation
s. 254Fabrication of evidence
s. 255Contradicting previous evidence
s. 256Destruction of evidence
s. 257Destruction of will, etc
s. 258Destruction of official documents
s. 259Fraudulent acknowledgement
s. 260Deceit of courts
s. 261Fictitious suits
s. 262Keeping away witnesses
s. 262AInducement to abandon criminal proceedings
s. 263Perverting the course of justice
s. 264Disobedience to summons
s. 265Hindrance of inquests
s. 266Neglect to hold inquests
s. 267Disturbance of court
s. 268Exciting prejudice as to a trial
s. 269Contempt of judicial orders
s. 270Rescue and escape of criminals
s. 271Rescue in other cases
s. 272Obstructing executions
s. 273Refusal to aid officers
s. 274Harbouring criminals
s. 275Compounding crime
s. 276Corruptly accepting reward for restoring property, etc
s. 277Perjury defined
s. 278Special explanation
s. 279Fabrication defined
s. 280Compounding defined
s. 281Refusal of office
s. 282False pretence of office
s. 283False declarations, etc., for office
s. 284Corruption, oppression and extortion
s. 285False certificates
s. 286Destruction, etc., of documents
s. 287Oppression by gaolers
s. 288Withholding public money, etc
s. 289Bribery of officers
s. 290Agreement for influencing officers
s. 291Corrupt promise by judicial officers or jurors
s. 292Corrupt selection of jurors
s. 293Unlawful sale of offices
s. 294Disturbance of elections
s. 295Corruption, intimidation and personation
s. 296Unlawful voting
s. 297Falsification, etc., of votes, etc
s. 298Falsification of returns
s. 299“Public officer” defined
s. 300Corrupt bargains or transactions
s. 301Corruption of officer, etc., explained
s. 302Corruption by officer, etc., explained
s. 303Corruption in expectation of office
s. 304Corrupt agreement for lawful act
s. 305Subsequent acceptance
s. 306Subsequent promise of bribe
s. 307Valuable consideration defined
s. 308Intimidation defined
s. 309Oppression explained
s. 310Extortion explained
s. 311Explanation as to withholding public moneys, etc
s. 312Explanation as to an election
s. 313Punishment for bigamy
s. 314Marriage with a person previously married
s. 315Fictitious marriage
s. 316Personation in marriage
s. 317Unlawfully performing marriage ceremony
s. 318False declaration, etc., for marriage
s. 319False pretence of impediment to marriage
s. 320Substitution of child
s. 321Bigamy defined
s. 322Proof of marriage or divorce
s. 323Obscene publication
s. 324Hindering burials, etc
s. 325Disturbing markets, etc., by false news
s. 326Cruelty to animals
s. 327Selling unwholesome food
s. 328Noxious trades and other interferences with public rights
s. 328APiracy
s. 329Interpretation
s. 330Obstruction of public way
s. 331Explanation as to noxious trades
s. 332Medico-legal form