'Multiplicity of criminal offences' in document 'Japan - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter IX. Consolidated Punishments

Article 45. (Consolidated Punishments)

Two or more crimes which have been committed but for which no judgment has yet become final and binding shall constitute crimes for consolidated punishment. When a judgment imposing imprisonment without work or a greater punishment becomes final and binding for a crime, only that crime and other crimes committed before such judgment became final and binding shall constitute crimes for consolidated punishment.