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Article 226-2Human Trafficking

第二百二十六条の二(人身売買)

A person who buys another person is punished by imprisonment for 3 months or more and 5 years or less.

人を買い受けた者は、三月以上五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

A person who buys a minor is punished by imprisonment for 3 months or more and 7 years or less.

未成年者を買い受けた者は、三月以上七年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

A person who buys another person for the purpose of profit, indecency, marriage or threat to the life or body, is punished by imprisonment for 1 year or more and 10 years or less.

営利、わいせつ、結婚又は生命若しくは身体に対する加害の目的で、人を買い受けた者は、一年以上十年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

The preceding paragraph applies to a person who sells another person.

人を売り渡した者も、前項と同様とする。

A person who sells or buys another person for the purpose of transporting them from one country to another country is punished by imprisonment for a definite term of 2 years or more.

所在国外に移送する目的で、人を売買した者は、二年以上の有期拘禁刑に処する。

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