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Article 258Damaging Documents for Government Use

第二百五十八条(公用文書等毀棄)

A person who damages a document or an electronic or magnetic record in use by a public office is punished by imprisonment for 3 months or more and 7 years or less.

公務所の用に供する文書又は電磁的記録を毀棄した者は、三月以上七年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

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