In case a person who has committed the offence provided for in Article 3 involving offence provided for in Item 6 of Paragraph 1 of Article 3 releases the kidnapped or abducted person to a safe place before the institution of public action, punishment shall be reduced.

## Article 6 (Preparation for organized homicide and other organized crimes)

A person who makes preparations for the purpose of committing one or more of the offences provided for in the following items, when an act constituting the offence is done as an activity of a group by an organization to perform the act, shall be punished as provided in each corresponding item; provided that in case he surrenders himself before he commences the commission of the offence, the punishment shall be reduced or remitted.

(1) an offence provided for in Article 199 (Homicide) of the Penal Code imprisonment with labour for not more than five years

(2) an offence provided for in Article 225 (Kidnapping or Abduction for Profit) (Such offence shall be limited to that for the purpose of obtaining profit.) of the Penal Code imprisonment with labour for not more than two years

2. The same shall apply to a person who makes preparations for one or more of the offences provided for in the items in the preceding paragraph for the purpose provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 3.

## Article 7 (Harbouring a criminal and other matters involving organized crimes)

When an act constituting an offence punishable with imprisonment without labour or with graver punishment has been done as an activity of a group by an organization to perform the act, any one of the following persons shall be punished with imprisonment with labour not more than three years or a fine of not more than 200,000 yen.

(1) any person who harbours another who has committed the offence mentioned above, or who enables him to escape by other acts of obstructing his finding or arrest

(2) any person who suppresses, forges or alters evidence in a criminal case against another concerning the offence mentioned above or who uses forged or altered evidence

(3) any person who, without due cause, in connection with his own or another's criminal case concerning the offence mentioned above, forcibly demands an interview with, or intimidates by words or gestures, any person deemed to have knowledge necessary for trial or investigation of such criminal case, or any relative of such a person

2. The same shall apply to any person provided for in the items in the preceding paragraph, when an offence punishable with imprisonment without labour or with graver punishment has been committed for the purpose provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 3.

Article 8 (Confiscation of a thing which is a constituent element of a criminal act and others which belongs to a group)

When a member of a group commits an offence (Such offence shall be limited to an offence an act constituting which is done either as an activity of a group by an organization to perform the act or for the purpose provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 3.) or commits an offence of preparation for the purpose of committing such offences (except for an offence of preparation an act constituting which is done either as an activity of a group by an organization to perform the act or for the purpose provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 3), and when a thing which is a constituent element of the criminal act or which has been used or was intended to be used in the commission of the criminal act belongs to the group and managed by the member, the thing may be confiscated only if it does not belong to a person other than either the group or the criminal, notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of Paragraph 2 of Article 19 of the Penal Code. This provision does not apply when the necessary measures has been taken in the group to prevent the thing to be a constituent element of the criminal act or to be used or to have been intended to be used in the commission of the criminal act.

Article 9 (Acts performed for the purpose of control of management of enterprises of juristic persons and other entities through illicit proceeds or the like)

When a person who acquires a position of a shareholder or the like (A "shareholder or the like" means a shareholder, a member, or a founder of a juristic person or the like including a promoter. The same shall apply hereinafter.) of a juristic person or the like