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Supplementary Provisions, Article 21Public Awareness

第二十一条(周知)

In light of the fact that the provisions of the new Penal Code, etc. establish new norms of conduct accompanied by criminal punishment in response to the actual state of sexual harm and to changes in public awareness of it, the Government is to seek to make their purpose and content known to the public.

政府は、新刑法等の規定が、性的な被害の実態及びこれに対する社会の意識の変化に対応して、刑罰を伴う新たな行為規範を定めるものであることに鑑み、その趣旨及び内容について国民に周知を図るものとする。

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