Texas Penal Code - Section 12.01. Punishment In Accordance With Code

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§ 12.01. PUNISHMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE.  (a) A 
person adjudged guilty of an offense under this code shall be 
punished in accordance with this chapter and the Code of Criminal 
Procedure.
	(b)  Penal laws enacted after the effective date of this code 
shall be classified for punishment purposes in accordance with this 
chapter.
	(c)  This chapter does not deprive a court of authority 
conferred by law to forfeit property, dissolve a corporation, 
suspend or cancel a license or permit, remove a person from office, 
cite for contempt, or impose any other civil penalty.  The civil 
penalty may be included in the sentence.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
1994.

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