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Chapter VII Crimes of Harboring Criminals and Suppressing Evidence

第七章 犯人蔵匿及び証拠隠滅の罪

Article 103Harboring of Criminals

第百三条(犯人蔵匿等)

A person who harbors or enables the escape of another person who has either committed a crime punishable with a fine or a severer punishment or has escaped from confinement, is punished by imprisonment for 3 years or less or a fine of 300,000 yen or less.

罰金以上の刑に当たる罪を犯した者又は拘禁中に逃走した者を蔵匿し、又は隠避させた者は、三年以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 104Suppression of Evidence

第百四条(証拠隠滅等)

A person who spoils, damages, counterfeits or alters evidence relating to a criminal case of another person, or who uses counterfeit or altered evidence, is punished by imprisonment for 3 years or less or a fine of 300,000 yen or less.

他人の刑事事件に関する証拠を隠滅し、偽造し、若しくは変造し、又は偽造若しくは変造の証拠を使用した者は、三年以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 105Special Provision for Crimes by Relatives

第百五条(親族による犯罪に関する特例)

When a crime prescribed under the preceding two Articles is committed for the benefit of the criminal or fugitive by a relative of such person, the relative may be exempted.

前二条の罪については、犯人又は逃走した者の親族がこれらの者の利益のために犯したときは、その刑を免除することができる。

Article 105-2Intimidation of Witnesses

第百五条の二(証人等威迫)

A person in relation to their own criminal case or the criminal case of another person, forcibly demands without just cause a meeting with, or uses intimidation against any person who is considered to have knowledge necessary for the investigation or trial of the criminal case, or a relative of that person, is punished by imprisonment for 2 years or less or a fine of 300,000 yen or less.

自己若しくは他人の刑事事件の捜査若しくは審判に必要な知識を有すると認められる者又はその親族に対し、当該事件に関して、正当な理由がないのに面会を強請し、又は強談威迫の行為をした者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

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