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Code Henry

The first comprehensive legal code of the Kingdom of Haiti, promulgated by King Henry Christophe on February 20, 1812 — a sovereign act of juridical self-determination just eight years after the world's only successful slave revolution produced an independent nation. This digital edition presents the complete Code in 3,004 articles spanning 8 laws and 67 titres — from the Loi Civile's 1,535 articles on personhood, marriage, property, and succession, to the Loi sur la Procédure Criminelle's 421 articles on investigation, confrontation, and royal clemency. Every article has been hand-extracted from 19th-century OCR, corrected, translated into English, and annotated with plain-language life lessons and scholarly notes. Browse in French, English, or Kreyòl Ayisyen. 3,004 articles · 8 laws · 3 languages · 213 years restored

3,004 articles in the Code Henry

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Article 371 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
There shall be given to each expert, separately and individually, without removal, for viewing and examination, the complaint or forgery charge, the permission to investigate,...
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There shall be given to each expert, separately and individually, without removal, for viewing and examination, the complaint or forgery charge, the permission to investigate, the allegedly forged documents, the report on their condition, the comparison documents, together with the presentation report and the order admitting them, of which mention shall be made in each expert's deposition, who shall initial the allegedly forged documents, all under penalty of nullity.

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Article 372 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Those who have knowledge of the fabrication, alteration, or falsity of said documents, or of the facts that may establish proof thereof, shall be heard...
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Those who have knowledge of the fabrication, alteration, or falsity of said documents, or of the facts that may establish proof thereof, shall be heard as witnesses.

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373
Article 373 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
During the hearing of witnesses, the allegedly forged documents shall be presented to them, if they are at the clerk's office, or failing that, the...
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During the hearing of witnesses, the allegedly forged documents shall be presented to them, if they are at the clerk's office, or failing that, the presentation shall be made at the restatement or during the confrontation; the documents presented shall be initialed by the witnesses, if they can or wish to, otherwise mention shall be made.

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374
Article 374 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Evidence documents deposited at the clerk's office shall likewise be presented to those witnesses who have knowledge of them, and initialed by them.
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Evidence documents deposited at the clerk's office shall likewise be presented to those witnesses who have knowledge of them, and initialed by them.

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375
Article 375 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Without a judge's order, the other documents of the proceedings shall not be presented to witnesses.
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Without a judge's order, the other documents of the proceedings shall not be presented to witnesses.

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Article 376 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Upon review of the investigation, communicated to the king's prosecutor and upon his conclusions, the investigating judge shall issue such warrant as is appropriate; however,...
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Upon review of the investigation, communicated to the king's prosecutor and upon his conclusions, the investigating judge shall issue such warrant as is appropriate; however, if there is sufficient charge to issue a warrant to bring or arrest, the judges may issue them without investigation, upon the king's prosecutor's conclusions.

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377
Article 377 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
The documents alleged to be forged and those serving as evidence, that are at the clerk's office at the time of the accused's interrogation, shall...
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The documents alleged to be forged and those serving as evidence, that are at the clerk's office at the time of the accused's interrogation, shall be presented to them and initialed by them; otherwise, mention shall be made of the refusal or cause preventing them; in case of omission of the presentation and initialing, it must be remedied by a new interrogation, under penalty of nullity of the judgment.

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Article 378 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
It is only at the confrontation that the comparison documents that must be presented to experts shall be presented to the accused.
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It is only at the confrontation that the comparison documents that must be presented to experts shall be presented to the accused.

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Article 379 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
The investigating judge may order, at any stage of the proceedings, even before the judgment ordering the restatement and confrontation, that the accused shall produce...
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The investigating judge may order, at any stage of the proceedings, even before the judgment ordering the restatement and confrontation, that the accused shall produce a writing sample in the presence of the experts, as dictated by them.

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Article 380 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
This writing sample shall be made at the clerk's office, in the presence of the judge, king's prosecutor, civil party, or she being duly summoned;...
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This writing sample shall be made at the clerk's office, in the presence of the judge, king's prosecutor, civil party, or she being duly summoned; the writing sample shall be initialed by the judge, experts, king's prosecutor, and civil party, as well as by the accused, if he wishes; and in case of refusal, mention shall be made; all under penalty of nullity.

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Article 381 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Upon the official report and at its closing, the judge may order that the writing sample be received as a comparison document, and that the...
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Upon the official report and at its closing, the judge may order that the writing sample be received as a comparison document, and that the experts be heard, by way of deposition, on what may result from the writing sample, by comparing it to the allegedly forged documents.

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Article 382 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
The allegedly forged documents and comparison documents shall be presented to experts during the restatement; and at the confrontation, they shall be presented to the...
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The allegedly forged documents and comparison documents shall be presented to experts during the restatement; and at the confrontation, they shall be presented to the experts and accused.

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Article 383 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
All documents presented to witnesses during their deposition, as well as those since deposited at the clerk's office, shall be presented to witnesses during their...
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All documents presented to witnesses during their deposition, as well as those since deposited at the clerk's office, shall be presented to witnesses during their restatement, and they shall initial those not yet initialed, or mention shall be made that they cannot or will not.

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Article 384 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
At the confrontation of witnesses with the accused, the documents presented to them during their deposition and restatement shall be presented to them again, as...
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At the confrontation of witnesses with the accused, the documents presented to them during their deposition and restatement shall be presented to them again, as well as to the accused; documents omitted at the restatement, or deposited since at the clerk's office, shall also be presented, which the witnesses and confronted accused shall initial.

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Article 385 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Documents presented by witnesses during their deposition, restatement, or confrontation shall be added to the case file, after being initialed by the judge and witnesses,...
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Documents presented by witnesses during their deposition, restatement, or confrontation shall be added to the case file, after being initialed by the judge and witnesses, if they wish or can, otherwise mention; if they are evidence documents, they shall be presented to remaining witnesses who have knowledge of them.

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Article 386 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Documents presented by the accused during interrogation shall be attached, initialed by judge and accused; if accused presents documents at confrontation, they remain attached, initialed...
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Documents presented by the accused during interrogation shall be attached, initialed by judge and accused; if accused presents documents at confrontation, they remain attached, initialed by judge, accused, and confronted witness, under penalty of nullity; these may be shown to subsequent witnesses.

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Article 387 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
Documents presented to each accused, or that he presented during his interrogations, shall be presented to him at his restatement, and to the other accused...
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Documents presented to each accused, or that he presented during his interrogations, shall be presented to him at his restatement, and to the other accused at the confrontation; everything prescribed regarding initialing shall be observed.

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Article 388 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
In all cases where initialing is required by the preceding articles, it shall suffice that the documents be initialed the first time they are presented,...
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In all cases where initialing is required by the preceding articles, it shall suffice that the documents be initialed the first time they are presented, or mention made, without it being necessary to repeat it at each act.

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Article 389 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
If the accused is admitted to provide new comparison documents, the judgment shall be pronounced to him within twenty-four hours, and he shall be required...
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If the accused is admitted to provide new comparison documents, the judgment shall be pronounced to him within twenty-four hours, and he shall be required by the judge to identify said documents within the non-extendable time set by the judgment; the accused may only present the documents he has identified.

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Article 390 Law on Criminal Procedure · Du faux principal et du faux incident
Criminal Procedure
The accused shall be present at the official report of presentation of these new documents; he shall initial those admitted, if he can or wishes,...
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The accused shall be present at the official report of presentation of these new documents; he shall initial those admitted, if he can or wishes, otherwise mention shall be made.