Theft or Loss of Vehicle License Plates in the Armed Forces in Light of the Islamic Penal Code and the Penal Code of Crimes of the Iranian Armed Forces

Hedayati Chenani, Rahman; Seifi, Anahita; Soleimani Malayosef, Iran

doi:10.22034/jccj.2023.411498.1339

Theft or Loss of Vehicle License Plates in the Armed Forces in Light of the Islamic Penal Code and the Penal Code of Crimes of the Iranian Armed Forces

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Rahman Hedayati Chenani ¹

Anahita Seifi ²

Iran Soleimani Malayosef ³

¹ PhD Student of Criminal Law and Criminology, Department of Law, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.

² Assistant Professor of International Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author) (Corresponding

³ Associate Professor, Department of Jurisprudence and Law, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.

10.22034/jccj.2023.411498.1339

Abstract

One of the most important judicial issues in the armed forces is the timely announcement of the crimes committed by employees to the judicial authorities. Failure to report theft or missing vehicle license plates is one of the examples of the crime of concealing the truth and is generally referred to in Article 78 of the Armed Forces Penal Code. This paper uses a descriptive-analytical method to examine the criminal and security dimensions of theft or missing vehicle license plates in the armed forces in the light of Islamic Penal Code and the Penal Code of Crimes of the Iranian Armed Forces and has concluded that the article 722 of the Islamic Penal Code regarding the absence of theft or missing license plates should be considered explicitly in judicial proceedings of the defendant in the Judiciary Organization of the Armed Forces, and the application of Article 78 of the Armed Forces Criminal Code of regarding the defendant is a broad interpretation of the law; while, in criminal law, the interpretation of the law must be limited and broad interpretation is not correct.

Keywords

Theft

License Plates

Armed Forces