| Date - Field | Timor-Leste - Legal system |
2012 January
Legal system | civil law system based on the Indonesian model; note - new penal code based on the Portuguese model was passed by Parliament and promulgated in 2009; new civil code expected to be promulgated in 2011 |
2011 January
Legal system | On 29 March 2009 the president promulgated the Timor-Leste penal code; UN-drafted legal system based on Indonesian law remains in place for civil codes but is to be replaced by civil codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
2010 January
Legal system | UN-drafted legal system based on Indonesian law remains in place but is to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
2009 January
Legal system | UN-drafted legal system based on Indonesian law remains in place but is to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
2008 January
Legal system | UN-drafted legal system based on Indonesian law remains in place but are to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
2007 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
2006 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
2005 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
2004 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
2003 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
2002 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
2001 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
2000 January
Legal system | void - (all current Government informations) |
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