In addition to introducing imprisonment for insulting crimes that apply to insulting people and raising the upper limit of statutory penalties, amendments to the Penal Code, etc. that will create a "imprisonment" that unifies "imprisonment" and "imprisonment" Was passed by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party at the plenary session of the House of Representatives, and was sent to the House of Councilors.
In amendments to the Criminal Code, etc., in order to strengthen measures against false accusation on SNS, imprisonment will be introduced for insults that apply to acts that openly insult people, and the upper limit of statutory penalties will be raised.
In addition, the creation of "imprisonment", which unifies "imprisonment", which is obligatory for prison work, and "imprisonment", which is not obligatory, is included.
The amendment was amended by the Legal Committee of the House of Representatives, where deliberation was being held, to verify whether freedom of expression was unreasonably restricted three years after the enforcement, and to take necessary measures in the supplementary provisions. It was done.
Then, a vote was taken at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 19th, and it was passed by a large number of supporters such as the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, the Nippon Ishin no Kai, and the Democratic Party for the People, and sent to the House of Councilors.
On the other hand, the bill submitted by the Constitutional Democratic Party to create a new crime that punishes the act of attacking the other party's personality over the measures against false accusation on SNS was rejected.