Chapter XXVI Crimes of Homicide
(Homicide)
Article 199 A person, who kills another, shall be punished with death or penal servitude for life or not less than three years.
Article 200 A person, who kills his lineal ascendant or a lineal ascendant of his spouse, shall be punished with death or penal servitude for life.
(Preparation)
Article 201 A person, who makes preparations for the purpose of committing a crime mentioned in the preceding two Articles, shall be punished with penal servitude for not more than two years; provided, however, that penalty may be remitted, and when extenuating circumstances exist.
(Attempts)
Article 203 Attempts of the crimes mentioned in Article 199, Article 200 and the preceding Article shall be punished.
Note: Article 200 is omitted because it is related to a crime of killing an ascendant.
Chapter XXVII Crimes of Inflicting Injury
(Inflicting injury)
Article 204 A person, who inflicts an injury upon the person of another, shall be punished with penal servitude for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than five hundred thousand yen or a minor fine.
(Injury resulting in death)
Article 205 A person, who inflicts an injury upon the person of another and thereby causes the latter's death, shall be punished with penal servitude for a limited period of not less than two years.
Article 206 A person, who, when a crime mentioned in the preceding two Articles is being committed, encourages the offender at the scene of crime, shall be punished with penal servitude for not more than one year or a fine of not more than fifty thousand yen or a minor fine, even though he himself does not injure any person.
(Injury inflicted by several persons jointly)
Article 207 When two or more persons use violence against another and in so doing injure the latter, such persons shall, even thought they do not act jointly, be dealt with in the same way as in the case of complicity, if it is impossible to determine the relative gravity of the injuries or if it is impossible to know which person caused the injuries.
(Violence)
Article 208 A person, who uses violence against another without injuring him, shall be punished with penal servitude for not more than two years or a fine of not more than five hundred thousand yen, penal detention, or a minor fine.
The above is provisional and subject to change. No accuracy guaranteed.
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