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| Name: | Penal Code [Law No. 45 of 24 April 1907 as amended through Law No. 52 of 2 June 1987] |
| Country: | Japan |
| Subject(s): | Criminal and penal law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1907 |
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| ISN: | JPN-1987-L-31753 |
| Bibliography: | EHS Law Bulletin Series, Nakane, F., Codes Translation, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, II, Part V Unofficial English Translation  Cabinet Secretary, http://www.cas.go.jp/, Japan PDF (consulted on 2011-01-20) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Provides for sentences for both imprisonment with as well as without labour. Chapter XXXIII (Crimes of Kidnapping and Buying or Selling of Human Beings) deals with trafficking. |
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