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Article 54An Act Constituting for more than one Crime

第五十四条(一個の行為が二個以上の罪名に触れる場合等の処理)

When a single act constitutes two or more separate crimes, or when an act as the means or results of a crime constitutes another crime, the most severe punishment prescribed for such crimes is imposed.

一個の行為が二個以上の罪名に触れ、又は犯罪の手段若しくは結果である行為が他の罪名に触れるときは、その最も重い刑により処断する。

The provision of paragraph (2) of Article 49 applies in the case prescribed for in the preceding paragraph.

第四十九条第二項の規定は、前項の場合にも、適用する。

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