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This article is about the criminal law code of Germany. For other uses, see Strafgesetzbuch (Austria) and Strafgesetzbuch (Switzerland).
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Strafgesetzbuch (German pronunciation:[ˈʃtʁaːfɡəˌzɛtsbuːx]ⓘ, literally "penal law book"), abbreviated to StGB, is the German penal code.
Strafgesetzbuch (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtʁaːfɡəˌzɛtsbuːx] , literally "penal law book"), abbreviated to StGB, is the German penal code. In Germany the...
The German Strafgesetzbuch (StGB; English: Criminal Code) in section § 86a outlaws "use of symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations" outside...
Criminal and private laws are codified on the national level in the Strafgesetzbuch and the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch respectively. The German penal system...
incorporated into sections 218–220 of the Penal Code for the German Reich (Strafgesetzbuch), taking effect on 1 January 1872. Section 218 outlawed abortion, requiring...
receive a confiscation order by a court when certain articles of the Strafgesetzbuch apply to them, such as glorification of violence or denial of the Holocaust...
pp. 1–6. Welch 2001, p. 2. Evans 2009, p. 56. The Economist 2015. Strafgesetzbuch, section 86a. Wüstenberg & Art 2008, pp. 74–80. Evans 2008, pp. 748–749...
trials relating to Holocaust denial in Germany. The criminal code (Strafgesetzbuch) Chapter 7 (Offences against public order), Paragraph 130 (Incitement...
The Law of Austria in the law which applies at federal level in Austria. It is founded on the Federal Constitutional Law of 1920. Austria in 2008 had 141...
20 July 1944. Use of this salute is illegal in modern-day Germany (Strafgesetzbuch section 86a), Austria and Slovakia. The use of any Nazi phrases associated...
Retrieved 16 October 2022. "Sterbeverfügungsgesetz; Suchtmittelgesetz, Strafgesetzbuch, Änderung". parlament.gv.at (in German). Archived from the original...
Northern Irish criminal law Philippine criminal law Scottish criminal law Strafgesetzbuch (Switzerland) De pace Regis et regni, by Ferdinando Pulton, published...
that could be mistaken for Nazi codes (with a definition further than Strafgesetzbuch section 86a) are prohibited and in some cases even license plates that...
crime a threat that was proffered in a heated discussion. The German Strafgesetzbuch § 241 punishes the crime of threat with a prison term for up to three...
Legality of Holocaust denial Post–World War II legality of Nazi flags Strafgesetzbuch section 86a Verbotsgesetz 1947 Bans on communist symbols Lolicon/Shotacon...
such as Austria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany (see Strafgesetzbuch section 86a), Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and...
Norddeutschen Bunde und Württemberg vom 25. November 1870 "Militair-Strafgesetzbuch vom 20. Juni 1872" in Gesetz-Sammlung für das Deutsche Reich, 1867...
trials relating to Holocaust denial in Germany. The criminal code (Strafgesetzbuch) Chapter 7 (Offences against public order), Paragraph 130 (Incitement...
anthem under German criminal law; Section 90a of the Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch) makes defamation of the national anthem a crime, but does not specify...
(Wehrstrafgesetz) applies to soldiers by extending the civil penal code (Strafgesetzbuch) to crimes that can be only committed on military duty: General offenses...
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