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Criminal Procedure Code (Law No. 23.984 of August 21, 1991, as amended up to Law No. 26.842 of December 19, 2012, on Prevention and Punishment of Human Trafficking and Assistance to Victims), Argentina

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Year of Version 2012 Dates Entry into force: September 17, 1991 Adopted: August 21, 1991 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Notes The criminal procedures are applied in cases of copyright and patent infringements or other cases of infringement of intellectual property rights. For example, Articles 71 to 77 of the Copyright Law (also known as Law No. 11.723 of September 28, 1933, on Legal Intellectual Property Regime) provides for criminal procedures and penalties to be applied in cases of criminal copyright infringement.

Article 2 of the Civil Code stipulates: “Laws shall not be binding until after their publication, and as of the stated day. If no day is stated, they shall be binding eight days following their official publication.”
This Law was published in the Official Gazette on September 9, 1991 (B.O. 09/09/91), with no specific date of entry into force; based on Article 2 of the Civil Code it entered into force eight days after its publication.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Spanish Código Procesal Penal (Ley Nº 23.984 de 21 de agosto de 1991, modificada en último lugar por la Ley Nº 26.842 de 19 de diciembre de 2012 sobre la Prevención y Sanción de la Trata de Personas y Asistencia a sus Víctimas) PDF HTML
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Criminal Procedure Code (Law No. 23.984 of August 21, 1991, as amended up to Law No. 27.384 of September 13, 2017) (AR186)

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