Publication and status
What the available sources say about this edition—and what they do not establish.
Source history
The source volume identifies itself as the 2015 Penal Code and says the Ministry of Justice drafted it under a Government mandate.
Penal Code source volume · Cover and codification statement, PDF pages 1–6The Eritrea Ministry of Information reported that the Ministry of Justice had published the new Civil, Penal, Civil Procedure, and Criminal Procedure Codes and that the laws had been put into effect.
Eritrea Ministry of Information · Report published 29 May 2015, opening paragraph
Not established here
What remains unknown
- Later amendments
- Repeal or replacement
- A consolidated later text
- Present legal force