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Article 2Definitions

第二条(定義)

The term "pursuit, etc." as used in this Act means engaging in any of the acts listed in the following items against a specific person, or against that specific person's spouse, a lineal relative or a relative living together with that specific person, or any other person who has a close relationship with that specific person in social life, for the purpose of satisfying a feeling of romantic affection or any other feeling of affection toward that specific person, or a feeling of resentment at that feeling not having been reciprocated:

この法律において「つきまとい等」とは、特定の者に対する恋愛感情その他の好意の感情又はそれが満たされなかったことに対する怨恨の感情を充足する目的で、当該特定の者又はその配偶者、直系若しくは同居の親族その他当該特定の者と社会生活において密接な関係を有する者に対し、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる行為をすることをいう。

following the person, lying in wait for the person, blocking the person's path, keeping watch in the vicinity of the person's residence, place of work, school or any other place where the person is actually present or usually present (hereinafter referred to as the "residence, etc."), turning up at the residence, etc., or loitering in the vicinity of the residence, etc. without good reason;

つきまとい、待ち伏せし、進路に立ちふさがり、住居、勤務先、学校その他その現に所在する場所若しくは通常所在する場所(以下「住居等」という。)の付近において見張りをし、住居等に押し掛け、又は住居等の付近をみだりにうろつくこと。

informing the person of matters that would lead the person to believe that their conduct is being monitored, or placing such matters where the person can become aware of them;

その行動を監視していると思わせるような事項を告げ、又はその知り得る状態に置くこと。

demanding that the person meet, keep company, or do anything else the person has no obligation to do;

面会、交際その他の義務のないことを行うことを要求すること。

behaving or speaking in a grossly coarse or violent manner;

著しく粗野又は乱暴な言動をすること。

making a telephone call without saying anything, or, despite having been refused, making telephone calls, sending documents, sending transmissions using a facsimile device, or engaging in the sending of email, etc., in succession;

電話をかけて何も告げず、又は拒まれたにもかかわらず、連続して、電話をかけ、文書を送付し、ファクシミリ装置を用いて送信し、若しくは電子メールの送信等をすること。

sending filth, the carcass of an animal, or any other object that would arouse a grossly unpleasant or repugnant feeling, or placing such an object where the person can become aware of it;

汚物、動物の死体その他の著しく不快又は嫌悪の情を催させるような物を送付し、又はその知り得る状態に置くこと。

informing the person of matters that harm the person's reputation, or placing such matters where the person can become aware of them;

その名誉を害する事項を告げ、又はその知り得る状態に置くこと。

informing the person of matters that offend the person's sexual sense of shame or placing such matters where the person can become aware of them, sending documents, drawings, a recording medium containing an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record made in an electronic form, a magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by the human senses, which is used in information processing by computers; the same applies hereinafter in this item) or any other object that offends the person's sexual sense of shame or placing such an object where the person can become aware of it, or transmitting an electronic or magnetic record or any other record that offends the person's sexual sense of shame or placing such a record where the person can become aware of it.

その性的羞恥心を害する事項を告げ若しくはその知り得る状態に置き、その性的羞恥心を害する文書、図画、電磁的記録(電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であって、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下この号において同じ。)に係る記録媒体その他の物を送付し若しくはその知り得る状態に置き、又はその性的羞恥心を害する電磁的記録その他の記録を送信し若しくはその知り得る状態に置くこと。

The term "sending of email, etc." in item (v) of the preceding paragraph means any of the acts listed in the following items (excluding making telephone calls and sending transmissions using a facsimile device):

前項第五号の「電子メールの送信等」とは、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる行為(電話をかけること及びファクシミリ装置を用いて送信することを除く。)をいう。

sending email or any other telecommunications (meaning telecommunications as prescribed in ; the same applies in the following item) used to convey information to a specified recipient;

電子メールその他のその受信をする者を特定して情報を伝達するために用いられる電気通信(に規定する電気通信をいう。次号において同じ。)の送信を行うこと。

beyond what is listed in the preceding item, engaging in an act of using the function of anything which, incidental to enabling a specific individual to have third parties view information that the individual inputs by using telecommunications, provides a function by which those third parties can convey information to that individual.

前号に掲げるもののほか、特定の個人がその入力する情報を電気通信を利用して第三者に閲覧させることに付随して、その第三者が当該個人に対し情報を伝達することができる機能が提供されるものの当該機能を利用する行為をすること。

The term "obtaining location information without consent, etc." as used in this Act means engaging in any of the acts listed in the following items against a specific person, or against that specific person's spouse, a lineal relative or a relative living together with that specific person, or any other person who has a close relationship with that specific person in social life, for the purpose of satisfying a feeling of romantic affection or any other feeling of affection toward that specific person, or a feeling of resentment at that feeling not having been reciprocated:

この法律において「位置情報無承諾取得等」とは、特定の者に対する恋愛感情その他の好意の感情又はそれが満たされなかったことに対する怨恨の感情を充足する目的で、当該特定の者又はその配偶者、直系若しくは同居の親族その他当該特定の者と社会生活において密接な関係を有する者に対し、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる行為をすることをいう。

without the person's consent, obtaining, by a method specified by Cabinet Order, location information on the location of a device for recording or transmitting location information in the person's possession (meaning a device specified by Cabinet Order that has the function of recording or transmitting location information (meaning location information as prescribed in ; the same applies hereinafter in this item and the following item) on the location of that device; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) (including a device for recording or transmitting location information on which an act prescribed in item (iii) has been performed), as recorded or transmitted by that device for recording or transmitting location information;

その承諾を得ないで、その所持する位置情報記録・送信装置(当該装置の位置に係る位置情報(に規定する位置情報をいう。以下この号及び次号において同じ。)を記録し、又は送信する機能を有する装置で政令で定めるものをいう。以下この項において同じ。)(第三号に規定する行為がされた位置情報記録・送信装置を含む。)により記録され、又は送信される当該位置情報記録・送信装置の位置に係る位置情報を政令で定める方法により取得すること。

without the person's consent, obtaining location information on the location of a locating device that transmits identifying information in the person's possession (meaning a device that has the function of transmitting information identifying that device and is used to determine the location of the point or area where it is situated by using location information on the location of a device that transmits and receives identifying information (meaning a device for recording or transmitting location information or any other device that has the function of receiving and transmitting that information) which has received that information in the vicinity of that device; the same applies hereinafter in this item and the following item) (including a locating device that transmits identifying information on which an act prescribed in that item has been performed);

その承諾を得ないで、その所持する位置特定用識別情報送信装置(当該装置を識別する情報を送信する機能を有し、当該装置の周辺において当該情報を受信した識別情報送受信装置(位置情報記録・送信装置その他の装置であって、当該情報を受信し、及び送信する機能を有するものをいう。)の位置に係る位置情報を利用して、その所在する地点又は区域の位置を特定するために用いられる装置をいう。以下この号及び次号において同じ。)(同号に規定する行為がされた位置特定用識別情報送信装置を含む。)の位置に係る位置情報を取得すること。

without the person's consent, attaching a device for recording or transmitting location information or a locating device that transmits identifying information (hereinafter referred to as a "device for recording or transmitting location information, etc." in this item) to an object in the person's possession, delivering an object to which a device for recording or transmitting location information, etc. has been attached, or engaging in any other act specified by Cabinet Order as an act that places a device for recording or transmitting location information, etc. in a state in which it can be moved along with the person's movement.

その承諾を得ないで、その所持する物に位置情報記録・送信装置又は位置特定用識別情報送信装置(以下この号において「位置情報記録・送信装置等」という。)を取り付けること、位置情報記録・送信装置等を取り付けた物を交付することその他その移動に伴い位置情報記録・送信装置等を移動し得る状態にする行為として政令で定める行為をすること。

The term "stalking" as used in this Act means repeatedly engaging in pursuit, etc. (with regard to the acts listed in paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) and item (v) (limited to the part concerning the sending of email, etc.), limited to cases where they are committed in a manner that would cause anxiety that the bodily safety, the peace of the residence, etc. or the reputation of the person will be harmed, or that the person's freedom of action will be significantly harmed) or obtaining location information without consent, etc. against the same person.

この法律において「ストーカー行為」とは、同一の者に対し、つきまとい等(第一項第一号から第四号まで及び第五号(電子メールの送信等に係る部分に限る。)に掲げる行為については、身体の安全、住居等の平穏若しくは名誉が害され、又は行動の自由が著しく害される不安を覚えさせるような方法により行われる場合に限る。)又は位置情報無承諾取得等を反復してすることをいう。

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