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Law amending a part of the Criminal Law and Related Laws (No. 66 of 2005)

Main Region

First Region

Japan
Criminal and penal law
2005-06-22
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Amends certain provisions of the Criminal Law of 1907, Criminal Procedure Law of 1948, and other related laws and expands, inter alia, the definition of abduction to cover human trafficking and raises the penalty of imprisonment from maximum 5 years to 7 years, 10 years in the case of human trafficking for commercial purposes.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    2005-07-12
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Amended Text region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Kampo Gogai
    Date
    2005-05-22
    Number
    No. 138
    Page range
    p. 5