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     609.01 Name and construction. 

    Subdivision 1.    Purposes.  This chapter may be cited 
 as the Criminal Code of 1963.  Its provisions shall be construed 
 according to the fair import of its terms, to promote justice, 
 and to effect its purposes which are declared to be: 

    (1) To protect the public safety and welfare by preventing 
 the commission of crime through the deterring effect of the 
 sentences authorized, the rehabilitation of those convicted, and 
 their confinement when the public safety and interest requires; 
 and 

    (2) To protect the individual against the misuse of the 
 criminal law by fairly defining the acts and omissions 
 prohibited, authorizing sentences reasonably related to the 
 conduct and character of the convicted person, and prescribing 
 fair and reasonable postconviction procedures.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1983 c 216 art 1 s 76 

    HIST: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.01 

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