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Article 971Crime Committed Outside Japan

第九百七十一条(国外犯)

The crimes referred to in Articles 960 through 963, Article 965, Article 966, Article 967, paragraph (1), Article 968, paragraph (1) and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article also apply to persons who committed these crimes outside Japan.

The crimes referred to in Article 967, paragraph (2), Article 968, paragraph (2) and paragraphs (2) through (4) of the preceding Article are governed by Article 2 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907).

第九百六十七条第二項第九百六十八条第二項及び前条第二項から第四項までの罪は、刑法(明治四十年法律第四十五号)第二条の例に従う。

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