The Criminal Ordinance of 1670 (French: Ordonnance criminelle de 1670, or Ordonnance criminelle de Colbert) was a Great Ordinance dealing with criminal procedure which was enacted in France under the reign of King Louis XIV. Made in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the Ordinance was registered by the Parlement of Paris on 26 August 1670 and came into effect on 1 January 1671. It was one of the first legal texts attempting to codify criminal law in France. It remained in force until the French Revolution, when it was abrogated by a decree adopted by the National Constituent Assembly on 9 October 1789.[1]
The act broadened the jurisdiction of the nationwide policing force Maréchaussée to include burglary and popular disorder and confirmed its power to arrest any offender.[2] It also sought to combat abuse of their authority by putting enforcement under the supervision of local royal courts.[2]
^"La Naissance du droit de la défense en 1789" (in French). Le Cercle du Barreau. 2008-03-13. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
^ abEmsley, Clive (October 1999). "2 'The Most Useful Corps for the Nation…': The Maréchaussée". Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Oxford, England UK: Oxford University Press. p. 14. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207986.003.0002. ISBN 9780191677878.
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