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Article 217Abandonment

第二百十七条(遺棄)

A person who abandons another person of old age, a child, a person with a disability or illness in need of support is punished by imprisonment for 1 year or less.

老年、幼年、身体障害又は疾病のために扶助を必要とする者を遺棄した者は、一年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

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