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Article 177Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse

第百七十七条(不同意性交等)

A person who, by reason of any of the acts or grounds set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or any other act or ground similar thereto, causes another person to be in a state in which it is difficult to form, express or fulfill an intention not to consent, or takes advantage of the other person being in such a state, and engages in vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse or oral intercourse, or an indecent act of inserting a part of the body (excluding the penis) or an object into the vagina or anus (hereinafter referred to as "sexual intercourse, etc." in this Article and paragraph (2) of Article 179), is punished by imprisonment for a definite term of five years or more, regardless of whether or not there is a marital relationship.

前条第一項各号に掲げる行為又は事由その他これらに類する行為又は事由により、同意しない意思を形成し、表明し若しくは全うすることが困難な状態にさせ又はその状態にあることに乗じて、性交、肛門性交、口腔性交又は膣若しくは肛門に身体の一部(陰茎を除く。)若しくは物を挿入する行為であってわいせつなもの(以下この条及び第百七十九条第二項において「性交等」という。)をした者は、婚姻関係の有無にかかわらず、五年以上の有期拘禁刑に処する。

The same as in the preceding paragraph applies to a person who causes another person to mistakenly believe that the act is not indecent or to mistake the identity of the person committing the act, or takes advantage of the other person being under such a mistaken belief or mistaking such identity, and engages in sexual intercourse, etc.

行為がわいせつなものではないとの誤信をさせ、若しくは行為をする者について人違いをさせ、又はそれらの誤信若しくは人違いをしていることに乗じて、性交等をした者も、前項と同様とする。

The same as in paragraph (1) applies to a person who engages in sexual intercourse, etc. with a person under sixteen years of age (in the case where the person under sixteen years of age is thirteen years of age or older, limited to a person born on a day five years or more before the day on which the person under sixteen years of age was born).

十六歳未満の者に対し、性交等をした者(当該十六歳未満の者が十三歳以上である場合については、その者が生まれた日より五年以上前の日に生まれた者に限る。)も、第一項と同様とする。

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