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Article 244Special Provision for Theft Committed against Relatives

第二百四十四条(親族間の犯罪に関する特例)

A person who commits the crime prescribed under Article 235 or 235-2 or attempts thereof against a spouse, lineal blood relative or relative living together, is exculpated.

配偶者、直系血族又は同居の親族との間で第二百三十五条の罪、第二百三十五条の二の罪又はこれらの罪の未遂罪を犯した者は、その刑を免除する。

A person who commits the crime prescribed under the preceding paragraph against a relative other than those provided in the paragraph, is not prosecuted without a complaint.

前項に規定する親族以外の親族との間で犯した同項に規定する罪は、告訴がなければ公訴を提起することができない。

The preceding two paragraphs do not apply to accomplices who are not relatives.

前二項の規定は、親族でない共犯については、適用しない。

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