Karyo as a penal punishment (punishment by seizing assets) was abolished once by "Shinritsu Koryo" (Outline of the New Criminal Code) issued by the Meiji government in 1869 and changed to a penal fine system based on the Shokudo system of the old Ritsuryo law.
刑罰（財産法）としての過料は明治2年（1869年）に明治政府が定めた『新律綱領』によって一旦廃止されて旧律令法の贖銅制度に基づく罰金制度に変更された。