Unlawful confinement - IAC

Japan

Japan - Penal Code 1907 (2020) EN/Japanese

PART II CRIMES

Chapter XXXI Crimes of Unlawful Capture and Confinement

(Unlawful Capture and Confinement)
Article 220 A person who unlawfully captures or confines another person is punished by imprisonment for not less than 3 months but not more than 7 years.

(Unlawful Capture or Confinement Causing Death or Injury)
Article 221 A person who commits the crime prescribed under the preceding Article and thereby causes the death or injury of another person, is dealt with by the punishment for either the crimes of injury or the punishment prescribed in the preceding Article, whichever is severer.

PART II CRIMES

Chapter XXXIII Crimes of Kidnapping and Human Trafficking

(Kidnapping of Minors)
Article 224 A person who kidnaps a minor using force or through enticement is punished by imprisonment for not less than 3 months but not more than 7 years.

(Kidnapping for Profit)
Article 225 A person who kidnaps another person through the use of force or enticement for the purpose of profit, indecency, marriage or threat to the life or body is punished by imprisonment for not less than 1 year but not more than 10 years.

(Kidnapping for Ransom)
Article 225-2 (1) A person who kidnaps another person through the use of force or enticement, for the purpose of causing the kidnapped person's relatives or any other person who would be concerned about the kidnapped person's safety to grant any property, taking advantage of such situation, is punished by imprisonment for life or for a definite term of not less than 3 years.

Rome Statute

Article 8 War crimes

2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:

(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:

(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;