Japan

Penal Code

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter VII. Unpunishable Acts and Reduction or Remission of Punishment

Article 42. (Surrender)

(1) The punishment of a person who committed a crime and surrendered him/herself before being identified as a suspect by an investigative authority may be reduced.
(2) With respect to a crime to be prosecuted only upon complaint, the same shall apply to a person who surrendered him/herself to a person with the right to make the complaint.

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Voluntary withdrawal



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