Practice question · Estimate
In what year was the Spanish Criminal Code now in force enacted?
Estimate on a scale from 1970 to 2010.
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- The middle of the 1990s.
- Organic Law 10 of that year, often called "the criminal code of democracy".
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1995 (answers within ±2 count)
Why
1995. It is often called the criminal code of democracy because it was the first complete recasting after the 1978 Constitution rather than a reform of the Francoist text. It has been amended many times since, most extensively in 2010 and 2015, so a citation always needs to be read against the version in force at the relevant date.
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