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CRIMINAL STATUTES 1 (TRANSLATION) - JAPAN

NCJ Number
45335
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
Unknown
Length
186 pages
Annotation
THE JAPANESE PENAL CODE AND CODE OF CRIMINAL TRIAL PROCEDURE ARE PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE PENAL CODE'S GENERAL PROVISIONS DEAL WITH SUCH AREAS AS APPLICATION, PAROLE, REPEATED CONVICTION, COMPLICITY, AND SENTENCE REDUCTION. SPECIFIC CRIMES ARE LISTED AND DESCRIBED, ALONG WITH THEIR MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PENALITIES. CRIMES LISTED INCLUDE INSURRECTION; ESCAPE; RIOT; ARSON; SMOKING OPIUM; FORGERY; INDECENCY, RAPE, AND BIGAMY; HOMICIDE; ABORTION; KIDNAPPING; AND CRIMES AGAINST REPUTATION. THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN PARTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING COURT JURISDICTION, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, EVIDENCE, AND TRIAL COSTS; FIRST INSTANCE; APPEAL; REOPENING OF PROCEDURE; EXTRAORDINARY APPEAL; SUMMARY PROCEDURE; AND EXECUTION OF DECISION. FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS, SEE NCJ 45336-45337. (VA)