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JPN-2005-L-70859
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Title_of_text
Law amending a part of the Criminal Law and Related Laws (No. 66 of 2005)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Japan
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2005-06-22
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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
Amended text(s)
1907 (JPN-1987-L-31753)
Penal Code [Law No. 45 of 24 April 1907 as amended through Law No. 52 of 2 June 1987]
Serial region
Serial title
Kampo Gogai
Date
2005-05-22
Number
No. 138
Page range
p. 5