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TITLE	Supreme Court Decision 2011Do8462 Decided July 26, 2012[Violation of the Stowaways Control Act] [full Text]
Summary
[1] The meaning of staying abroad for ""purpose of escaping criminal punishment"" as ground for suspension of the criminal statute of limitations under Article 253(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act, its test and the bearer of the burden of proof [2] The case affirming the first instance court judgment dismissing prosecution on the ground that the criminal statute of limitations has not been tolled since all circumstances were not sufficient to acknowledge that Defendant stayed in Japan to escape criminal punishment, in a case where Defendant stowed away to Japan without valid proof for departure and was indicted for violation of the Stowaways Control Act

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Supreme Court Decision 2011Do8462 Decided July 26, 2012[Violation of the Stowaways Control Act] [full Text]

Summary

[1] The meaning of staying abroad for ""purpose of escaping criminal punishment"" as ground for suspension of the criminal statute of limitations under Article 253(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act, its test and the bearer of the burden of proof [2] The case affirming the first instance court judgment dismissing prosecution on the ground that the criminal statute of limitations has not been tolled since all circumstances were not sufficient to acknowledge that Defendant stayed in Japan to escape criminal punishment, in a case where Defendant stowed away to Japan without valid proof for departure and was indicted for violation of the Stowaways Control Act

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