Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 29 terms: 3 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 26 in our translation, marked as such.
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
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
A national or local government official, or a member of an assembly or committee or any other staff member who performs public duties (公務) under laws and regulations.
国又は地方公共団体の職員その他法令により公務に従事する議員、委員その他の職員
A government agency (官公庁) or any other place where public employees (公務員) perform their duties.
官公庁その他公務員が職務を行う所
In Chapter XVII (crimes of counterfeiting of documents), a document or drawing of anyone: Article 155 uses it for those a public office (公務所) or public employee (公務員) is to make, and Article 159 for those of any other person concerning rights, duties or the proof of facts.
In Chapter XVII (crimes of counterfeiting of documents) and Articles 165 and 167, a seal (印章) or signature of anyone: Articles 155 and 165 use it for those of a public office (公務所) or public employee (公務員), and Articles 159 and 167 for those of any other person.
In Chapter XVII (crimes of counterfeiting of documents), an electronic or magnetic record (電磁的記録) that is to be displayed and used as a document or drawing, whether one a public office (公務所) or public employee (公務員) is to make or one of any other person.
文書等として表示されて行使されることとなる電磁的記録
In Chapter XVII (crimes of counterfeiting of documents) and Articles 165 and 167, an electronic or magnetic record (電磁的記録) that is to be displayed as a seal (印章) or signature, whether of a public office (公務所) or public employee (公務員) or of any other person.
印章等として表示されることとなる電磁的記録
In Article 177 and Article 179(2), vaginal, anal or oral intercourse, or an indecent act of inserting a part of the body other than the penis, or an object, into the vagina or anus.
Short name for the 2022 Act amending the Penal Code and other laws (刑法等の一部を改正する法律, Act No. 67 of 2022).
The Penal Code as amended by Article 2 of Act No. 28 of 2023.
This Act as amended by Article 3 of Act No. 39 of 2025.
This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 156 of 2004 amended it.
This Act as it stood before Act No. 72 of 2017 amended it.
The day the 2022 Act amending the Penal Code and other laws (刑法等の一部を改正する法律, Act No. 67 of 2022) comes into effect.
The day the 2022 Act amending the Penal Code and other laws (刑法等の一部を改正する法律, Act No. 67 of 2022) comes into effect.
In Article 27, the period that starts on the day a fully suspended sentence's suspension of execution (刑の全部の執行猶予) ends, during which the sentence stays in effect because the person has been charged (公訴の提起) with a further crime, punishable by a fine or heavier, committed during the suspension; it lasts until the suspension can no longer be revoked under Article 27(4) or (5).
In Article 27-7, the period that starts on the day the suspension period of a partly suspended sentence (刑の一部の執行猶予) ends, during which the sentence is not yet reduced to its unsuspended part because the person has been charged (公訴の提起) with a further crime, punishable by a fine or heavier, committed before that period ended; it lasts until the suspension can no longer be revoked under Article 27-7(4) or (5).
組織的犯罪処罰法
Short name, in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 39 of 2025, for the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Proceeds of Crime.
刑法一部改正法
Short name, in Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 67 of 2017, for the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code (Act No. 72 of 2017).
The Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) as amended by Article 3 of the 2023 Act amending the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 66 of 2023).
This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 66 of 2023 amended it.
In Article 166, an electronic or magnetic record (電磁的記録) that is to be displayed as a mark (記号).
記号として表示されることとなる電磁的記録
This Act as amended by Act No. 91 of 1995.
第一号施行日
The date the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 28 of 2023 came into effect: the day that Act was promulgated (公布), 17 May 2023.
The provisions of each law as amended by Act No. 66 of 2023, an Act amending the Penal Code, together with the provisions of the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles (Act No. 67 of 2023).
性的な部位
In Article 182(3)(ii), the genitals or anus or the areas around them, the buttocks, or the chest.
性器若しくは肛門若しくはこれらの周辺部、臀部又は胸部
The day the 2022 Act amending the Penal Code and other laws (刑法等の一部を改正する法律, Act No. 67 of 2022) comes into effect.
弁護人等
Defense counsel, or someone about to become defense counsel at the request of a person entitled to appoint one (a non-lawyer only after court permission under Article 31(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure).