Interpretation of “Etc.†in “Amendment (IX) to the Criminal Lawâ€

Abstract

There are 17 “etc.†in total in “Amendment (IX) to the Criminal Lawâ€. According to examination, all these “etc.†indicate the meaning of and so on. However, unlisted scope and dimension are related with citizens’ life and death matters. Therefore, criminal law interpretation of “etc.†shall be reasonably conducted with multiple interpretation methods such as system interpretation and kin interpretation under the prerequisite of literal interpretation.