TOSSIN : Code Pénal Bénin

This law is inspired by the vision of its authors to offer fair criminal justice to all citizens of Benin without discrimination.

This law is addressed

- Law students

- local elected representatives

- Members of the National Assembly

- mayors

- the prefects of the 77 communes of Benin

- to the leaders and members of political parties

- candidates for municipal, legislative and presidential elections

- to lawyers

- to lawyers

- magistrates

- to the notaries

- to the Beninese populations

- actors of civil society

- Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

- to the presidents of the institutions of the republics

- to the members of the constitutional court

- to the members of the criminal court

- to the members of the court

- etc.

The 4 great books of the law are titled as follows:

BOOK I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

BOOK SECOND: CRIMES, DELITISES AND THEIR REPRESSION

BOOK III: POLICE CONTRAVENTIONS AND PENALTIES

BOOK IV: FINAL PROVISIONS