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Tex. Penal Code § 12.01 — Punishment in accordance with code

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 12: PUNISHMENTS, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 12.01

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 12.01Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person adjudged guilty of an offense under this code shall be punished in accordance with this chapter and the Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) Penal laws enacted after the effective date of this code shall be classified for punishment purposes in accordance with this chapter. (c) This chapter does not deprive a court of authority conferred by law to forfeit property, dissolve a corporation, suspend or cancel a license or permit, remove a person from office, cite for contempt, or impose any other civil penalty. The civil penalty may be included in the sentence.

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