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An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an act entitled an act to adopt and establish a Penal Code for the State of Texas. . 1857 156 (1857)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0084 and id is 1 raw text is: CHAPTER 121. .ANAc ,V T supplementary to and amcndatory of an act entl cd an act to adopt and establish a Penal code for the State oJ Texas, approved 28th August, 1856. ARTICLE 1. &s it enacted by tde Legislature of the State of lexasw, That the following Chapter f and Articles of the act above recited, commonly known as the Penal Code, be, and they are hereby so amended as that the same shall hereafter respectirely read as follows-that is to say: PA/IT L General Provisions Relating to-the whole Code. TITLE 1. The general objects of the Code-The principles on which it is founded, -and rules for the intetpr)rdation of Penal Laws. Article 4 shall hereafter read thus : The principles of the common law shall be the rule of con- strnction, when not in conflict with the Penal Code or Code of Criminal Procedure, or with some other written statute of the State. Article 9 shall hereafter read as follows This Code, and every other law upon the subject of crime, which may be enacted, shall be construe4 acording to the plain import of the language in which it is written, without regard to the distinction usually made between the construc- tion of penal laws and laws upon other subjects, and no per- son shhll be punished for an offence which is Rot made penal by the plain import of the words of a law. TITLE 2. Of Punishments O General. Article 9.4 shall hereafter read as follows : When the penalty affixed to the commission of an .ffenc is deprivation of )olitical rights, such rights are intended to include the rights of holding office., of serving on juries, and of suffrage.

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