If a person does not pay the shared charges under the Program for Automobile Accident Countermeasures referred to in Article 78 or a monetary penalty as referred to in the preceding Article, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issues a demand for the person to pay this by a fixed due date.
When demanding that a person pay as under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issues a written demand to the person with the obligation to pay. In such a case, the due date that the minister is to fix in the written demand must be a date that falls after at least 10 days' time has passed counting from the date of issuance of the written demand.
国土交通大臣は、前項の規定による督促をするときは、納付義務者に対して督促状を発する。この場合において、督促状により定めるべき期限は、これを発する日から起算して十日以上経過した日でなければならない。
A demand for payment under paragraph (1) has the effect of renewing the period of prescription.
第一項の規定による督促は、時効の更新の効力を有する。
If a person subject to a demand for payment under paragraph (1) does not pay the shared charges under the Program for Automobile Accident Countermeasures or the monetary penalty by the due date referred to in that paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism handles this based on the rules governing measures to collect national tax arrears.