Chapter XXX Crimes of Abandonment
第三十章 遺棄の罪
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。
Article 218Abandonment by a Person Responsible for Their Care
第二百十八条（保護責任者遺棄等）
When a person who is responsible for the care of a person of old age, a child, a person with a disability or illness, abandons or fails to provide the necessary care to such person, the person is punished by imprisonment for 3 months or more and 5 years or less.
老年者、幼年者、身体障害者又は病者を保護する責任のある者がこれらの者を遺棄し、又はその生存に必要な保護をしなかったときは、三月以上五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
Article 219Abandonment Causing Death or Injury
第二百十九条（遺棄等致死傷）
A person who commits a crime prescribed under the preceding two Articles and thereby causes the death or injury of another person, is dealt with by the punishment for either the crimes of injury or the punishment prescribed in the preceding Articles, whichever is severer.
前二条の罪を犯し、よって人を死傷させた者は、傷害の罪と比較して、重い刑により処断する。