{"topic_id":"JP_AWA_CRUELTY_PROHIBITION","category":"jp-animal-welfare","context":"---\ntopic_id: JP_AWA_CRUELTY_PROHIBITION\ncategory: jp-animal-welfare\ntitle: \"Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Cruelty Prohibition (虐待の禁止)\"\nlang: en\nsource: 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Act on Welfare and Management of Animals, 1973 Law No.105), full statute text from laws.e-gov.go.jp, pulled 2026-07-24 via relay Playwright (first-hand, on disk at pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_full.txt)\nsource_file: pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_full.txt\nsource_type: jp_statute_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 2\nsource_document: \"Japan 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Act on Welfare and Management of Animals, 昭和48年法律第105号)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律\"\n  title: \"Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Cruelty Prohibition (虐待の禁止)\"\n  url: \"https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=348AC1000000105\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"laws.e-gov.go.jp (elaws), Law ID 348AC1000000105\"\n  doc_type: \"official statute text (first-hand Japanese)\"\n  needs_review: true\n---\n\n# Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Cruelty Prohibition (虐待の禁止)\n\nSource: 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Act on Welfare and Management of Animals, 1973 Law No.105), full statute text from laws.e-gov.go.jp, on disk as `pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_full.txt`. The original-language text — not the English translation — is the verified C1 claim.\n\nThis P2 topic records the statutory prohibition of cruelty to protected animals (愛護動物). Cruelty is both a general duty (Art 2 basic principle) and a punishable offence (Art 44).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — original verbatim; English in parentheses)\n- `愛護動物をみだりに殺し、又は傷つけた者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は五百万円以下の罰金に処する。`   (EN: Whoever wantonly kills or injures a protected animal is punishable by up to 5 years' imprisonment or a fine up to 5,000,000 yen — Act Art 44(1).)\n- `動物が命あるものであることにかんがみ、何人も、動物をみだりに殺し、傷つけ、又は苦しめることのないようにするのみでなく、人と動物の共生に配慮しつつ、その習性を考慮して適正に取り扱うようにしなければならない。`   (EN: Recognising animals as living beings, no person may kill, injure, or cause suffering to animals without due reason, and must handle them properly with regard to their nature — Act Art 2(1) basic principle.)\n","sources":["動物愛護管理法の概要 — Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Cruelty Prohibition (虐待の禁止) (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"動物愛護管理法の概要","title":"Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Cruelty Prohibition (虐待の禁止)","url":"https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=348AC1000000105","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Japan 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Act on Welfare and Management of Animals, 昭和48年法律第105号)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_full.txt"},"source_document":"Japan 動物の愛護及び管理に関する法律 (Act on Welfare and Management of Animals, 昭和48年法律第105号)","source_file":"pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_full.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}