Code of Alabama - Title 13A: Criminal Code - Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• Section 13A-1-1 Short title
  This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Criminal Code."
• Section 13A-1-2 Definitions
  Unless different meanings are expressly specified in subsequent provisions of this title, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOOBY TRAP. Any concealed...
• Section 13A-1-3 General purposes of title
  The general purposes of the provisions of this title are: (1) To proscribe conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual...
• Section 13A-1-4 When act or omission constitutes crime
  No act or omission is a crime unless made so by this title or by other applicable statute or lawful ordinance.
• Section 13A-1-6 General rule of construction
  All provisions of this title shall be construed according to the fair import of their terms to promote justice and to effect the objects of...
• Section 13A-1-7 Applicability of title to offenses committed before and after enactment of title
  (a) The provisions of this title shall govern the construction of and punishment for any offense defined in this title and committed after 12:01 A.M....
• Section 13A-1-8 Procedural matters; civil liabilities not affected by title; prosecution when more than one offense
  (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the procedure governing the accusation, prosecution, conviction, and punishment of offenders and offenses is not regulated by this title....
• Section 13A-1-9 Lesser included offenses
  (a) A defendant may be convicted of an offense included in an offense charged. An offense is an included one if: (1) It is established...
• Section 13A-1-10 Pending proceedings, rights and liabilities not affected
  All proceedings pending and all rights and liabilities existing, acquired or incurred on January 1, 1980, are hereby saved and may be consummated according to...
• Section 13A-1-11 Effective date
  This title shall take effect at 12:01 A.M. o'clock on January 1, 1980.

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