{"topic_id":"jp_animal_welfare_act_penalty","category":"jp-animal-welfare","context":"---\ntopic_id: jp_animal_welfare_act_penalty\ncategory: jp-animal-welfare\ntitle: \"Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Penalties (罰則)\"\nlang: en\nsource: 動物愛護管理法の概要 (Outline of the Act on Welfare and Management of Animals), env.go.jp, retrieved 2026-07-24 via headless Chromium (server-rendered)\nsource_file: pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_outline.txt\nsource_type: jp_government_web\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 200\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 2\n---\n# Japan Animal Welfare Act (動物愛護管理法) — Penalties (罰則)\n\nSource: 動物愛護管理法の概要 (Outline of the Act on Welfare and Management of Animals), env.go.jp, retrieved 2026-07-24 via headless Chromium (server-rendered)\n\nThis topic records first-hand official government text. Each claim below is a verbatim substring of the named source_file (C1-verified); the original-language text — not the English translation — is the verified claim.\n\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場合は、5年以下の拘禁刑又は500万円以下の罰金に処されます。`   (EN: Wantonly killing or injuring a protected animal is punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine up to 5,000,000 yen.)\n- `遺棄した者も、1年以下の拘禁刑又は100万円以下の罰金に処されます。`   (EN: Abandonment is punishable by up to 1 year imprisonment or a fine up to 1,000,000 yen.)\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":200,"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."}