Macaulay’s Draft Penal Code of 1837

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Macaulay’s Draft Penal Code of 1837 is the foundational legal draft that formed the basis of the modern Indian Penal Code, aiming to systematically codify criminal law in British India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legal document ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
penal code draft ⓘ
aimedTo codify criminal law in British India ⓘ
create a uniform criminal code ⓘ
replace diverse customary and religious criminal laws ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India ⓘ
basisFor Indian Penal Code ⓘ
chairOfDraftingBody Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
characteristic attempt to reduce judicial discretion ⓘ
emphasis on clarity and precision of legal language ⓘ
systematic arrangement of offences and punishments ⓘ
commissionedBy Government of British India ⓘ
contains classification of offences ⓘ
general explanations and definitions of offences ⓘ
provisions on attempt and abetment ⓘ
provisions on criminal liability ⓘ
provisions on general exceptions ⓘ
provisions on punishment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin British India ⓘ
dateDrafted 1837 ⓘ
documentForm draft bill ⓘ
draftedBy First Law Commission of India ⓘ
followedBy Indian Penal Code ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Draft Indian Penal Code of 1837 ⓘ
Macaulay’s Draft Code ⓘ
hasAuthor Thomas Babington Macaulay ⓘ
hasContributor Indian Law Commission ⓘ
hasLegacy influence on criminal codes in several Commonwealth jurisdictions ⓘ
long-term influence on criminal law in India ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial period in India ⓘ
influenced Indian Penal Code ⓘ
inspiredBy Benthamite utilitarian legal philosophy ⓘ
English criminal law ⓘ
intendedAudience legislators and courts in British India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain criminal law ⓘ
legalStatus draft ⓘ
partOf codification of laws in British India ⓘ
presentedTo Council of the Governor-General of India ⓘ
relatedTo Law Commission of 1834 ⓘ
codification movement in the British Empire ⓘ
subjectOf debates on colonial legal reform ⓘ
scholarship on codification of criminal law in India ⓘ
typeOfCodification comprehensive criminal code ⓘ
yearDrafted 1837 ⓘ

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