Les cinq codes (English: the five codes) was a set of legal codes established under Napoléon I between 1804 and 1810:

• Code civil (1804), the first and best known
• Code de procédure civile (1806)
• Code de commerce (1807)
• Code d’instruction criminelle (1808)
• Code pénal (1810)

v t e French criminal law
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History	Sources of the law Constitution of France Constitutional block ECHR Fundamental laws of the Kingdom of France Old French law French customary law[fr] TFEU Codes and documents Criminal Ordinance of 1670 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Penal Code of 1791 Code of Offences and Penalties Five Codes Code of criminal procedure of 1808 [fr] Penal Code of 1810 Code of criminal procedure Penal code of 1994 People Robert Badinter Cesare Beccaria Élisabeth Guigou Montesquieu Le Pelletier de Saint-Fargeau Institutions Maréchaussée Presidial court Gendarmerie nationale National Police
Participants	Judiciary Correctional tribunal Court of Assize Court of appeal Court of Cassation EU Court of Justice European Court of Human Rights Jurisdictional dualism Local court [fr] Police court Sentence Enforcement Court [fr] Other Ministère public Public prosecutor [fr] Investigating judge Judicial police Directorate Liberty and custody judge [fr] Sentence enforcement judge [fr] Judiciary of France
Offenses [fr]	Codes Penal code Criminal procedure Classes Contravention [fr] Délit [fr] Crime [fr] Components [fr] Principle of legality Material element [fr] Moral element [fr] Aggravating and mitigating factors Aggravating circumstances [fr] Recidivism [fr] Premeditation [fr] Personal vulnerability [fr] Mitigating circumstances [fr] Examples Crime in France List of crimes [fr] Assassination Biens mal acquis Accessory [fr] Murder Rape [fr] Theft [fr]
Criminal procedure	Guiding principles Accused person (prévenu) [fr] Criminal responsibility Culpability Evidence [fr] Code Jurisprudence [fr] Presumption of innocence [fr] Guigou law [fr] Reasonable doubt in France Systems: Adversarial system in France [fr] Inquisitorial system Statute of limitations [fr] Modes Civil action [fr] Public action Actions Complaint [fr] Police custody [fr] Police investigation [fr] Prosecution Prosecutorial discretion Criminalization [fr] Qualification [fr] Judicial investigation [fr] Indictment [fr] Warrant [fr] Search warrant [fr] Court supervision [fr] Preventive detention [fr] Roles Magistrate [fr] Public prosecutor [fr] Investigating judge Jury [fr] Liberty and custody judge [fr] Sentence enforcement judge [fr] Redress Appeal [fr] Opposition [fr] Cassation [fr] Review and reexamination [fr] European Court of Human Rights
Punishment [fr]	Basics Main penalty [fr] Peine complémentaire [fr] Minimum sentence Suspended sentence [fr] Early release [fr] Acquittal [fr] Parole [fr] Prison [fr] Rehabilitation [fr] Penalty order [fr] Prison administration [fr] Penalties Reprimand Fines [fr] Day-fine Capital punishment Guillotine Citizenship training [fr] Coercion [fr] Community service [fr] Punishment and redress [fr] Imprisonment [fr] Civil rights restrictions [fr] Electronic monitoring [fr] Stay (sursis) [fr] Criminal imprisonment (réclusion) [fr]
Education and	publishing Dalloz Documentation française National School for the Judiciary (ENM) Journal officiel Legifrance
Glossary Codification [fr] Constitution Law of France Sources [fr]