Crime of boundary damage

...Because land and buildings cannot be moved, the recovery of damages can be left to civil litigation, and criminal protection was not necessary. However, in the postwar period of chaos, there were a series of illegal occupation cases, and as civil litigation became protracted, the need for criminal protection was asserted. In the 1960 amendment, the crimes of theft of real property (Article 235-2) and damage to boundaries (Article 262-2) were newly established. Next, theft refers to the act of taking property that belongs to another person's possession, that is, property that is within the territory of another person's de facto control, against that person's will. ...

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the crime of boundary violation is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…土地や家屋は移動が不可能であるから被害の回復は民事訴訟にゆだねれば足り，刑法的保護を要しないとされたのである。しかし，戦後の混乱期に不法占拠事件が相次ぎ，かつ，民事訴訟の長期化も相まって，刑法的保護の必要性が主張されたため，60年の改正で不動産侵奪罪(235条ノ2)，境界毀損罪(262条ノ2)が新設された。　次に，窃取とは，他人の占有に属する物，すなわち，他人の事実的支配領域内にある物を，その意に反して奪取する行為をいう。…

※「境界毀損罪」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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