DIVISION 5.  CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

 

TITLE 37.  HAWAII PENAL CODE

 

  Codification.  Act 9, Session Laws 1972, effective January 1, 1973, repealed or recodified former Title 37, entitled "Criminal Law", and enacted present Title 37, entitled "Hawaii Penal Code".  For the disposition of former Title 37, see table in Appendix, this title.

  Commentaries.  The Commentary and Supplemental Commentary following the various sections of the Penal Code are published pursuant to §701-105, which provides that the commentaries may be used as an aid in understanding the Code but not as evidence of legislative intent.  The commentaries, prepared by the Judicial Council of Hawaii and by legislative counsel, have been edited by the revisor of statutes.  For a fuller explanation of the commentaries, see explanatory note in Appendix, this title.

 

Chapter

   701 Preliminary Provisions

   702 General Principles of Penal Liability

   703 General Principles of Justification

   704 Penal Responsibility and Fitness to Proceed

   705 Inchoate Crimes

   706 Disposition of Convicted Defendants

   707 Offenses Against the Person

   708 Offenses Against Property Rights

  708A Money Laundering

   709 Offenses Against the Family and Against Incompetents

   710 Offenses Against Public Administration

   711 Offenses Against Public Order

   712 Offenses Against Public Health and Morals

  712A Forfeiture

   713 Repeal and Recodification Provisions

 

Appendix

    1.  Explanatory Note on Commentaries

        A.  Introductory Note on Commentaries

        B.  Revisor's Note on Commentaries

    2.  Abbreviations

    3.  Table of Disposition - Title 37.  Criminal Law

 

CHAPTER 701

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

 

Section

    701-100 Title and effective date of amendments

    701-101 Applicability to offenses committed before the

            effective date of amendments

    701-102 All offenses defined by statute; applicability to

            offenses committed after the effective date

    701-103 Purposes of this Code

    701-104 Principles of construction

    701-105 Effect of commentary

    701-106 Territorial applicability

    701-107 Grades and classes of offenses

    701-108 Time limitations

    701-109 Method of prosecution when conduct establishes an

            element of more than one offense

    701-110 When prosecution is barred by former prosecution

            for the same offense

    701-111 When prosecution is barred by former prosecution

            for a different offense

    701-112 Former prosecution in another jurisdiction:  when

            a bar

    701-113 Former prosecution before court lacking jurisdiction

            or when fraudulently procured by the defendant

    701-114 Proof beyond a reasonable doubt

    701-115 Defenses

    701-116 Proving applicability of the Code

    701-117 Prima facie evidence

    701-118 General definitions

    701-119 Repealed

 

Note

 

  L 2001, c 91, §4 purports to amend this chapter.