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 White paper on crime 2009 Part1/Chapter2/Section2/3 

3 Violations of the Child Welfare Act, etc.

  Fig. 1-2-2-3 shows the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Child Welfare Act (Act No. 164 of 1947), the Act against Child Prostitution and Pornography, and the Youth Protection Ordinance over the last 20 years (See Appendix 1-4).

Fig. 1-2-2-3  Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Child Welfare Act, etc. (1989–2008)

  The number of persons received for Youth Protection Ordinance violations had been on an increasing trend from 2001, but decreased slightly by 0.2% from the previous year in 2008. The number of persons received for Act against Child Prostitution and Pornography violations had been on an increasing trend after the enforcement of the said act in 1999, but then decreased for two consecutive years from 2007 and was down 5.2% from the previous year in 2008.
  The number of persons received for Internet Dating Site Control Act violations was 10 in 2005, 27 in 2006, and 56 in 2007, but then drastically increased to 154 persons in 2008 (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Prosecution).