In any of the following cases, the person who committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than 200,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした者は、二十万円以下の罰金に処する。
if the person fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 9 or Article 15, paragraph (1), or makes a false report;
if the person violates the provisions of Article 20;
第二十条の規定に違反したとき。
if the person refuses, obstructs or evades the entry, inspection or sampling under the provisions of Article 22-3, paragraph (1).
第二十二条の三第一項の規定による立入り、検査又は収去を拒み、妨げ、又は忌避したとき。
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.