This law is inspired by the vision of its authors to offer fair criminal justice to all citizens of Benin without discrimination.

This law is addressed
- Law students
- local elected representatives
- Members of the National Assembly
- mayors
- the prefects of the 77 communes of Benin
- to the leaders and members of political parties
- candidates for municipal, legislative and presidential elections
- to lawyers
- to lawyers
- magistrates
- to the notaries
- to the Beninese populations
- actors of civil society
- Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- to the presidents of the institutions of the republics
- to the members of the constitutional court
- to the members of the criminal court
- to the members of the court
- etc.
The 4 great books of the law are titled as follows:

BOOK I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
BOOK SECOND: CRIMES, DELITISES AND THEIR REPRESSION
BOOK III: POLICE CONTRAVENTIONS AND PENALTIES
BOOK IV: FINAL PROVISIONS