If a witness or expert who has taken an oath pursuant to the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 185, paragraph (2) or Article 185-4, paragraph (3), gives a false statement or presents a false expert opinion, that witness or expert is subject to imprisonment for not less than three months but not more than ten years.
第百八十五条第二項又は第百八十五条の四第三項において準用する民事訴訟法第二百一条第一項の規定により宣誓した参考人又は鑑定人が虚偽の陳述又は鑑定をしたときは、三月以上十年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
If a person that commits the crime referred to in the preceding paragraph makes a voluntary confession prior to the completion of trial procedures and before the discovery of that crime, the sentence may be reduced or waived.
前項の罪を犯した者が、審判手続終了前であつて、かつ、犯罪の発覚する前に自白したときは、その刑を減軽又は免除することができる。
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(Order to Present an Expert Opinion Issued to a Person with Relevant Expertise)
The provisions of Article 191, Article 197, Article 201, paragraph (1), and Article 212 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures for ordering an expert to present an…
民事訴訟法第百九十一条、第百九十七条、第二百一条第一項及び第二百十二条の規定は、第一項の規定により鑑定人に鑑定を命ずる手続について準用する。
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The provisions of Article 190, Article 191, Article 196, Article 197, and Article 201, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) apply mutatis mutandis to the…
民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第百九十条、第百九十一条、第百九十六条、第百九十七条及び第二百一条第一項から第四項までの規定は、前項の規定により参考人を審問する手続について準用する。
Open this provisionIf a witness or expert who has taken an oath pursuant to the provisions of Article 201, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 185…
第百八十五条第二項又は第百八十五条の四第三項において準用する民事訴訟法第二百一条第一項の規定により宣誓した参考人又は鑑定人が虚偽の陳述又は鑑定をしたときは、三月以上十年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
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Except as otherwise provided, the court must have a witness swear under oath.
証人には、特別の定めがある場合を除き、宣誓をさせなければならない。
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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.