# Changes to Japanese law on 13 July 2023

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What changed on 13 July 2023 in 4 laws on this site: 3 amended, each with its Act; 1 came into force as first made.

- Penal Code (刑法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 66 of 2023) (刑法及び刑事訴訟法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/505AC0000000066 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505AC0000000066)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/140AC0000000045/20230713_505AC0000000066
- Juveniles Act (少年法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act
  - Amended by Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles (Act No. 67 of 2023) (性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/505AC0000000067 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505AC0000000067)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/juvenile-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000168/20230713_505AC0000000067
- Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles (性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act
  - The law itself came into force as first made (not an amendment)
- Hotel Business Act (旅館業法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/hotel-business-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 66 of 2023) (刑法及び刑事訴訟法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/505AC0000000066 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505AC0000000066)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/hotel-business-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000138/20230713_505AC0000000066
  - Amended by Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles (Act No. 67 of 2023) (性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/505AC0000000067 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505AC0000000067)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/hotel-business-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000138/20230713_505AC0000000067

Every day: https://japanlaw.org/en/changes

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (3 records)
- When the laws came into force as first made: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/505AC0000000067)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (3 records)
- English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI