British Virgin Islands Criminal Code
The British Virgin Islands Criminal Code is a statute of the British Virgin Islands which consolidates almost all of the indictable offences under the Territory's criminal law.
The Code was passed into law by the Legislative Council on 1 April 1997, received Royal Assent on 1 May 1997, and was brought into force on 1 September 1997.
It is sometimes mistakenly said that the Code contains all of the Territory's criminal laws, but this is not the case. The Act expressly preserves offences under other enactments, as well as offences at common law.Parts
After the preamble and various preliminary matters, the Act is divided into 21 parts as follows:
