penal offence

基本解释

Being a very serious crime of offences against state security in the penal code, the offence of going over to the enemy is being studied very flimsily.
钊作俊[摘要] 投敌叛变罪作为危害国家安全的一种重罪，刑法学界的研究状况相对较为薄弱。
Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
凡受刑事控诉嫌疑者，有未经获得辩护上所需的一切保证的公开审判而依法证实有罪以前，有权被视为无罪。
Penal law aims at protecting interest of law, the essence of crimes is the offence of interest of law. We should stick to the theory of offence of interest of law in our legislation and judicature.
刑法的目的是保护法益，犯罪的本质是侵犯法益，法益侵害说应在我国立法及司法中始终得到贯彻。

The Swiss authorities say he breached article 261 of their penal code, which makes the denial or justification of genocide a punishable offence.
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