Anti-stalking law

What is the anti-stalking law?

It is a law that approved as “Law on Proscribing Stalking Behavior and Assisting Victims (anti-stalking law)” in the 147th regular session of the Diet, and was enforced on November 24 on May 18, 2000. This law provides help to a restriction and a victim necessary as the stalking etc. are punished etc. , and is used to defend you from the damage of the stalking.

Becoming the object of the restriction by this law
1. “Shadowing etc.”
2. It is two of the “Stalking”.
1. , saying that “Shadow”
In this law, the following eight acts of doing to the specific person or the family, etc. are provided for, “Shadow” to fulfill feelings of the grudge to the romantic feeling to a specific person, other goodwill feelings or no fillings of it, and it restricts it.

[A] shadowing, ambush, and thronging
Shadow, lie in wait, block in the course, look out in the vicinity of the usual whereabouts [suru] place (Hereafter, it is said, “Dwelling etc.”) other ..the dwelling and the office.. ..the school.. or throng it to the dwelling etc.

Act reported to observe [i]
Put it in reporting the matter to think that the action is observed or the state that can be known. For instance, the memo is said putting (“Put it in the state that can be known. “) on front [kago] of the report (“Report. “) by “Ate with Mr. A in Ginza today” and oral, the telephone, and E-mail, etc. , and bicycles etc.

Demand of [u] interview and association
Demand that neither the interview, association nor other obligations exist. For instance, demanding to receive the interview, association, reunion or the present though it refuses hits this.

Speech and behavior of violent [e]
Do rudeness or violent speech and behavior remarkably. For instance, loudly pouring “[Bakayaro-]” and a rude word, and sounding the horn in front of the house hit this.

The [o] silence phone, and a consecutive telephone and facsimile
Transmit by continuously calling or using the facsimile terminal equipment though nothing is reported calling it or it was refused. For instance, calling many times in short course and sending the fax though the silence phone is made, and it refuses hit this.

Sending such as filth
Send filth, the animal carcass, and other things to hold the affection of the unpleasantness or the dislike remarkably or leave it in the state that can be known. For instance, sending the one to give the unpleasantness and disgust such as filth and animal’s corpses to home and the office hits this.

Honored [ki] is damaged.
Put it in reporting the matter that impairs the honor or the state that can be known. For instance, slandering, reporting the content that brings disgrace, and delivering the document etc. hit this.

Violation of [ku] sexual shame mind
Send the document, the drawing that puts in reporting the matter that impairs the sexual shame mind or the state that can be known or impairs the sexual shame mind, and other things or put it in the state that can be known. Sending home a for instance indecent photograph etc. , and reporting a mean word with the telephone and the letter and assuming ..gracious.. way hit this.

2. , saying that “Stalking”

It is provided, “Stalking” to do to the same person repeating “Shadow”, and has installed penal regulations. However, [a] of “Shadow”?It limits it when done by the method of remembering uneasiness that peacefully or honor in the safety of the body and the dwelling, etc. is impaired in the act to [kou] or the discretion is remarkably impaired.