Chapter 2 Special Act Offenses
Section 1 Principal Data
The principal data on special act offenses in 2010 is as follows.
| Principal data on special act offenses, 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors | (Proportion) | (Change from the previous year) | |
| [1]Road Traffic Act violations | 448,923 | (80.4%) | (-38,219, -7.8%) |
| [2]Stimulants Control Act violations | 19,662 | (3.5%) | (+297, +1.5%) |
| [3]Minor Offenses Act violations | 13,779 | (2.5%) | (-2,617, -16.0%) |
| [4]Waste Management Act violations | 8,561 | (1.5%) | (-15, -0.2%) |
| [5]Firearms and Swords Control Act violations | 6,281 | (1.1%) | (-708, -10.1%) |
| [6]Automobile Liability Security Act violations | 5,136 | (0.9%) | (+44, +0.9%) |
| [7]Immigration Control Act violations | 4,495 | (0.8%) | (-1,153, -20.4%) |
| [8]Car Parking Spaces Act violations | 4,426 | (0.8%) | (-811, -15.5%) |
| [9]Amusement Business Act violations | 3,913 | (0.7%) | (-2, -0.1%) |
| [10]Cannabis Control Act violations | 3,468 | (0.6%) | (-924, -21.0%) |
| Others | 39,537 | (7.1%) | |
| Total | 558,181 | (100.0%) | (-45,917, -7.6%) |
| [Total in 1991] | [Change from 1991] | ||
| 1,297,525 | [-739,344, -57.0%] | ||
| Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Prosecution | |||
Fig. 1-2-1-1 shows the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors for special act offenses since 1949. The number of persons received for all special act offenses sharply decreased when the traffic infraction notification system came into force in 1968, but remained within the range of two to three million from 1975 through to 1984. The number then sharply decreased again due to expansion of the scope of the system in 1987, and subsequently was on an overall decreasing trend. However, the number of persons received for special act offenses excluding violations of road traffic related acts started to increase from 2001, but then remained stable from 2008. It decreased by 6.2% from the previous year in 2010.
Fig. 1-2-1-1 Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors for special act offenses (1949-2010)
Fig. 1-2-1-2 shows the percent distribution of persons newly received by public prosecutors for special act offenses excluding violations of road traffic related acts by type of offense in 2010.
Fig. 1-2-1-2 Percent distribution of persons newly received by public prosecutors for special act offenses excluding violations of road traffic related acts by type of offense (2010)
