This WIPO Lex page hosts the primary text of Timor-Leste's Penal Code, approved by Decree-Law No. 19/2009, adopted to replace the Indonesian Criminal Code the country had kept in force since independence. Its provisions cover crimes against peace and humanity, against individuals, against democratic society, against property and by public officials; the one reference to religion, in the genocide article, protects religious groups from destruction rather than protecting religious belief from insult, and no article criminalizes blasphemy or offending religious feelings.
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Citation
PublisherWorld Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO Lex (hosting the Government of Timor-Leste's text)
URLhttps://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/10928
Source TypeStatute
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The primary statutory text of Timor-Leste's own Penal Code, hosted by WIPO Lex, the direct evidence for the absence of any blasphemy or religious-insult provision. Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)
This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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