Penal laws

Penal laws may refer to:

• Criminal law
• Penal law (British), laws to uphold the establishment of the Church of England against Catholicism
• Penal laws (Ireland), laws to coerce the Irish to accept the anglican Church of Ireland from 1695-1829
• Penal laws against the Welsh 1401–2, Laws against the Welsh people to coerce obedience to English rule