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
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