The Penal Code of Japan sets out the general provisions governing crimes and their punishments and is one of Japan's Six Codes. Adopted on April 24, 1907 and effective from October 1, 1908, it replaced the Old Penal Code of 1882, which had been drafted by French jurist Gustave Boissonade along Continental European lines, and shifted the country's criminal law toward German legal influence. The current code is organized into a General Part of 72 articles and a Special Part of specific offenses in articles 73 through 264, spread across 50 chapters, and it underwent substantial revision during and after the Second World War under the American occupation.
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