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科料
The lightest criminal punishment: paying 1,000 yen or more but less than 10,000 yen (Penal Code, Articles 9, 10 and 17). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 17, 18 as a reference.
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal d…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
拘留
A short criminal punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設) for one day to less than thirty days (Penal Code, Article 16, paragraph (1)). As with imprisonment (拘禁刑), th…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 16 as a reference.
没収
A punishment that can only be added to a principal one (付加刑) (Penal Code, Article 9): a thing connected with the crime is confiscated. What may be confiscated is the thing that mak…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 19, 19-2, 20 as a reference.