| Tittel: | Straf for miljøforbrydelser i Island | | Ansvar: | Ragnheiður Bragadóttir | | Forfatter: | Bragadóttir, Ragnheiður  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | Nordisk tidsskrift for kriminalvidenskab | | Utgitt: | København : De nordiske kriminalistforeninger, 2013 | | Omfang: | S. 257-271 | | Serie: | Nordisk tidsskrift for kriminalvidenskab ; 2/2013 | | Innhold: | In Icelandic law, penal provisions are contained in the Penal Code, or in various special criminal statutes. The Penal Code, Act no. 19/1940 contains, with the provisions on individual types of crime, provisions of general applicability in the context of criminal offences, sentencing being one of them. The Penal Code con-tains provisions which are not enacted with a view to offences against the en-vironment, but might nevertheless be applied on account of such offences. Besi-des there is a provision in the Penal Code, on serious offences against the en-vironment, enacted in 1999. No comprehensive legislation on matters of en-vironmental impact has been enacted in Iceland, similar to the Acts on the en-vironment in the other Nordic countries. Instead there are some statute law on environmental matters. They may be divided into the following categories: Acts on nature conservation, Acts protecting wildlife, Acts on protection against land, water and air pollution, Act in respect of prevention of marine pollution. Offences against these Acts are punishable by fines or imprisonment of up to two or four years. Some of the Acts make legal persons as well as natural persons criminally liable. Only few judgments have been passed where these provisions have been at issue and sentences for the offences are usually lenient. | | Del av verk: | Nordisk tidsskrift for kriminalvidenskab 2/2013 |
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