Criminal offense - criminal offense

...The above are cases where the establishment of one crime is recognized under substantive law. Even if the establishment of several crimes is recognized under substantive law, it is still treated as one crime in terms of sentencing, and it is permitted to select the most severe statutory penalty in terms of the upper and lower limits of the statutory penalties of the crimes that have been established, and to sentence the person with that statutory penalty (one crime in terms of sentencing). The first of these is "ideological conflict," which is when one act touches on several crimes (first half of Article 54). ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "penal offenses" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…以上が実体法上一罪の成立が認められる場合である。　実体法上数罪の成立が認められる場合でも，科刑上はなお1罪として取り扱われ，成立する犯罪の法定刑のなかから，その上限および下限についていちばん重い法定刑を選択し，その法定刑で処断することが認められている(科刑上一罪)。その第1が〈観念的競合〉であり，1個の行為で数個の罪名に触れる場合である(54条前段)。…

※「科刑上一罪」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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