{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:63","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Classification of Offences","number":"63","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/63/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART I — THE GENERAL PART","book":"BOOK II — PUNISHMENT","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 2. — Authorized Sentences"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"For purposes of sentencing under this Code or any other law, offences shall be placed in one of the following classifications:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/63/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":59,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/59/?article=63&paragraph=lead#article-63-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"Class 1 Serious Offence; Class 2 Serious Offence; Class 3 Serious Offence; Class 4 Serious Offence; Class 5 Serious Offence; Class 6 Serious Offence; Class 7 Serious Offence; Class 8 Serious Offence; Class 9 Serious Offence; Class 1 Petty Offence; Class 2 Petty Offence; or Class 3 Petty Offence.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/63/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":59,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/59/?article=63&paragraph=u2#article-63-u2"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}