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Article 218Abandonment by a Person Responsible for Their Care

第二百十八条(保護責任者遺棄等)

When a person who is responsible for the care of a person of old age, a child, a person with a disability or illness, abandons or fails to provide the necessary care to such person, the person is punished by imprisonment for 3 months or more and 5 years or less.

老年者、幼年者、身体障害者又は病者を保護する責任のある者がこれらの者を遺棄し、又はその生存に必要な保護をしなかったときは、三月以上五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

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