A person who drives a motor vehicle in a state likely to hinder safe driving under the influence of alcohol, and thereby falls into a state of difficulty in driving safely under the influence of alcohol, is subject to punishment by imprisonment for not more than 12 years when the person thereby causes injury of another, or imprisonment for not more than 15 years when the person thereby causes death of another; the same applies to a person who drives a motor vehicle in a state likely to hinder safe driving under the influence of drugs, and thereby falls into a state of difficulty in driving safely under the influence of drugs, and thereby causes death or injury of another.
アルコールの影響により、その走行中に正常な運転に支障が生じるおそれがある状態で、自動車を運転し、よって、アルコール影響正常運転困難状態に陥り、人を負傷させた者は十二年以下の拘禁刑に処し、人を死亡させた者は十五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。薬物の影響により、その走行中に正常な運転に支障が生じるおそれがある状態で、自動車を運転し、よって、薬物影響正常運転困難状態に陥り、人を死傷させた者も、同様とする。
The preceding paragraph also applies when a person who drives a motor vehicle in a state where the person is likely to hinder safe driving under the influence of a disease specified by Cabinet Order as those which are likely to hinder the safe driving of motor vehicles, thereby comes to have difficulty in driving safely under the influence of the disease, and causes death or injury.
A person who drives a motor vehicle in a state likely to hinder safe driving under the influence of alcohol, and thereby falls into a state of difficulty in driving safely under the influence of…
アルコールの影響により、その走行中に正常な運転に支障が生じるおそれがある状態で、自動車を運転し、よって、アルコール影響正常運転困難状態に陥り、人を負傷させた者は十二年以下の拘禁刑に処し、人を死亡させた者は十五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
Open this provisionmotor vehiclemachine translation
「自動車」
Throughout this Act, both a motor vehicle as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ix) of the Road Traffic Act — a vehicle that runs on an engine or motor without rails or overhead wires, or one performing specified automated operation (特定自動運行), other than motorized bicycles, light vehicles (軽車両) and the other small vehicles that item leaves out — and a motorized bicycle (原動機付自転車) as defined in item (x) of that paragraph.
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
state of difficulty in driving safely under the influence of alcoholmachine translation
「アルコール影響正常運転困難状態」
In Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 3, paragraph (1), the state of having 1.0 milligrams or more of alcohol per millilitre of blood or 0.5 milligrams or more per litre of breath in the body, or any other state in which the influence of alcohol makes it difficult to drive normally.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 3, paragraph (1)
state of difficulty in driving safely under the influence of drugsmachine translation
「薬物影響正常運転困難状態」
In Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) and Article 3, paragraph (1), a state in which the influence of drugs makes it difficult to drive normally.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 3, paragraph (1)
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.