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Chapter XXIV Crimes Related to Places of Worship and Graves

第二十四章 礼拝所及び墳墓に関する罪

Article 188Desecrating Places of Worship; Interference with Religious Service

第百八十八条(礼拝所不敬及び説教等妨害)

A person who openly desecrates a shrine, temple, cemetery or any other place of worship is punished by imprisonment for 6 months or less or a fine of 100,000 yen or less.

神祠、仏堂、墓所その他の礼拝所に対し、公然と不敬な行為をした者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は十万円以下の罰金に処する。

A person who interferes with a sermon, worship or a funeral service is punished by imprisonment for 1 year or less or a fine of 100,000 yen or less.

説教、礼拝又は葬式を妨害した者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 189Excavation of Graves

第百八十九条(墳墓発掘)

A person who excavates a grave is punished by imprisonment for 2 years or less.

墳墓を発掘した者は、二年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

Article 190Destruction of Corpses

第百九十条(死体損壊等)

A person who damages, abandons or unlawfully possesses a corpse, the ashes or hair of a dead person, or an object placed in a coffin is punished by imprisonment for 3 years or less.

死体、遺骨、遺髪又は棺に納めてある物を損壊し、遺棄し、又は領得した者は、三年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

Article 191Excavation of Graves and Damaging Corpses

第百九十一条(墳墓発掘死体損壊等)

A person who commits the crime prescribed under Article 189 and damages, abandons or unlawfully possesses a corpse, the ashes or hairs of a dead person, or an object placed in a coffin is punished by imprisonment for 3 months or more and 5 years or less.

第百八十九条の罪を犯して、死体、遺骨、遺髪又は棺に納めてある物を損壊し、遺棄し、又は領得した者は、三月以上五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

A person who, without a postmortem examination, buries a person who died an unnatural death is punished by a fine of not more than 100,000 yen or a petty fine.

検視を経ないで変死者を葬った者は、十万円以下の罰金又は科料に処する。

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