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Article 170Exemption of a Sentence Due to Confession

第百七十条(自白による刑の減免)

When a person who has committed the crime prescribed under the preceding Article confesses before a judgment becomes final and binding or before a disciplinary action is taken in the case in which the person testified, such confession may lead to the punishment being reduced or may exempt the offender from the punishment.

前条の罪を犯した者が、その証言をした事件について、その裁判が確定する前又は懲戒処分が行われる前に自白したときは、その刑を減軽し、又は免除することができる。

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