• Code is a law providing for a complete system regulation of a given area of relations in the society (Article 2 of the Law of the Republic Belarus “On Legal Normative Acts of the Republic of Belarus”)

Twenty-five Codes are currently in action in the Republic of Belarus including:

1. Water Code (15 July 1998)

2. Civil Code (7 December 1998)

3. Code of Economic Procedure (15 December 1998)

4. Code of Civil Procedure (11 January 1999)

5. Housing Code (22 March 1999)

6. Marriage and Family Code (9 July 1999)

7. Criminal Code (9 July 1999)

8. Code of Criminal Procedure (16 July 1999)

9. Labour Code (26 July 1999)

10. Merchant Shipping Code (15 November 1999)

11. Criminal and Correctional Code (11 January 2000)

12. Electoral Code (11 February 2000)

13. Forestry Code (14 July 2000)

14. Banking Code (25 October 2000)

15. Code of Laws on Investment (22 June 2001)

16. Code on Inland Water Transport (24 June 2002)

17. Тax Code (General Part) (19 December 2002)

18. Code on Administrative Violations (21 April 2003)

19. Air Code (16 May 2006)

20. Code on Judicial System and Status of Judges (29 June 2006)

21. Procedural-Correctional Code on Administrative Violations (20 December 2006)

22. Customs Code (4 January 2007)

23. Subsoil Code ( 14 July 2008)

24. Budjet Code (16 July 2008)

25. Land Code ( 23 July 2008)

There are in the development stage as follows:

Tax Code. Particular Part

Education Code