Article 19 — Anti-Stalking Act — japanlaw

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Article 19

第十九条

A person who has engaged in stalking in violation of a prohibition order, etc. (limited to one relating to Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i); the same applies hereinafter) is punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or a fine of not more than 2,000,000 yen.

禁止命令等（第五条第一項第一号に係るものに限る。以下同じ。）に違反してストーカー行為をした者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は二百万円以下の罰金に処する。

Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the same as under that paragraph applies to a person who has engaged in stalking by engaging in pursuit, etc. or obtaining location information without consent, etc. in violation of a prohibition order, etc.

前項に規定するもののほか、禁止命令等に違反してつきまとい等又は位置情報無承諾取得等をすることにより、ストーカー行為をした者も、同項と同様とする。

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obtaining location information without consent, etc.
位置情報無承諾取得等（いちじょうほうむしょうだくしゅとくとう）
Any of the acts listed in Article 2(3), done to a particular person, or to their spouse, a relative in the direct line or living with them, or anyone else closely connected to them in social life, in order to satisfy romantic or other feelings of affection for that person or resentment at those feelings going unreturned: without the person's consent, obtaining the location information (位置情報) of a device for recording or transmitting location information (位置情報記録・送信装置) in their possession, by a method a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, or of a locating device that transmits identifying information (位置特定用識別情報送信装置) in their possession, or attaching such a device to something in their possession, giving them something with one attached, or doing another act a Cabinet Order sets that makes such a device move with them.
特定の者に対する恋愛感情その他の好意の感情又はそれが満たされなかったことに対する怨恨の感情を充足する目的で、当該特定の者又はその配偶者、直系若しくは同居の親族その他当該特定の者と社会生活において密接な関係を有する者に対し、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる行為をすること
Article 2, paragraph (3)See it in the glossary
prohibition order, etc.
禁止命令等（きんしめいれいとう）
An order the Public Safety Commission (公安委員会) gives under Article 5(1) to someone who has breached Article 3 and is likely to do so again, directing them not to repeat the act and to do what is needed to prevent it being repeated.
Article 5, paragraph (2)See it in the glossary
stalking
ストーカー行為（すとーかーこうい）
Doing pursuit, etc. (つきまとい等) or obtaining location information without consent, etc. (位置情報無承諾取得等) repeatedly to the same person — where the acts in items 1 to 4 of Article 2(1), or sending email, etc. (電子メールの送信等) under item 5, count only when done in a way that makes the person fear for their physical safety, the peace of their home or other places they are, or their reputation, or fear that their freedom of movement will be seriously harmed.
同一の者に対し、つきまとい等（第一項第一号から第四号まで及び第五号（電子メールの送信等に係る部分に限る。）に掲げる行為については、身体の安全、住居等の平穏若しくは名誉が害され、又は行動の自由が著しく害される不安を覚えさせるような方法により行われる場合に限る。）又は位置情報無承諾取得等を反復してすること
Article 2, paragraph (4)See it in the glossary
pursuit, etc.
つきまとい等（つきまといとう）
Any of the acts listed in Article 2(1) — such as following someone, lying in wait, watching or turning up at their home, workplace or school, making them think they are being watched, demanding a meeting or other things they have no duty to do, making silent calls, or calling, writing, faxing or sending email over and over after being refused, or sending filth or sexually humiliating material — done to a particular person, or to their spouse, a relative in the direct line or living with them, or anyone else closely connected to them in social life, in order to satisfy romantic or other feelings of affection for that person or resentment at those feelings going unreturned.
特定の者に対する恋愛感情その他の好意の感情又はそれが満たされなかったことに対する怨恨の感情を充足する目的で、当該特定の者又はその配偶者、直系若しくは同居の親族その他当該特定の者と社会生活において密接な関係を有する者に対し、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる行為をすること
Article 2, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary

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as amended by Act Partially Amending the Basic Act on the Formation of a Digital Society, etc. to Promote Regulatory Reform for the Formation of a Digital Society (Act No. 63 of 2023)デジタル社会の形成を図るための規制改革を推進するためのデジタル社会形成基本法等の一部を改正する法律

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