Chapter VIII Penal Provisions
第八章 罰則
第五十一条
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to imprisonment for not more than three years, a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは三百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
a person violating a prohibition or restriction under Article 41, paragraph (1); or
第四十一条第一項の規定による禁止又は制限に違反した者
a person violating an order under Article 42.
第四十二条の規定による命令に違反した者
第五十二条
A person violating an order under Article 40, paragraph (2) or paragraph (5) is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, a fine of not more than one million yen, or both.
第五十三条
A person who has divulged confidential information violating Article 8, paragraph (4), Article 8-2, paragraph (3), Article 11-5, Article 11-19, paragraph (1), or Article 25, paragraph (2) is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
第八条第四項、第八条の二第三項、第十一条の五、第十一条の十九第一項又は第二十五条第二項の規定に違反して秘密を漏らした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
When an order for suspension of Testing Tasks under Article 11-22, paragraph (2) is violated, the officer or personnel of the Registered Testing Organization who committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
第十一条の二十二第二項の規定による試験業務の停止の命令に違反したときは、その違反行為をした登録試験機関の役員又は職員は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
第五十四条
An officer or personnel of a Registered Testing Organization who has committed any of the following violations is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに掲げる違反があった場合においては、その違反行為をした登録試験機関の役員又は職員は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
discontinuing all of the Testing Tasks without the permission described in Article 11-16;
failing to prepare ledgers, failing to write in ledgers, writing false contents in ledgers, or failing to store ledgers, violating the provisions of Article 11-23; or
第十一条の二十三の規定に違反して帳簿を備えず、帳簿に記載せず、若しくは帳簿に虚偽の記載をし、又は帳簿を保存しなかったとき。
failing to make a report under Article 11-24, paragraph (1), or making a false report; refusing, hindering, or evading an on-site investigation under that paragraph; or refusing to answer questions or answering falsely.
第十一条の二十四第一項の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は同項の規定による立入り若しくは調査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避し、若しくは質問に対して答弁をせず、若しくは虚偽の答弁をしたとき。
A person failing to make a report under Article 45, paragraph (1), or making a false report; refusing, hindering, or evading an on-site investigation or the collection of objects under that paragraph; or refusing to answer questions or answering falsely is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
第五十五条
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
a person giving a false report when faced with the collection of reports under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2), item (i); paragraph (3) of that Article; or Article 27, paragraph (4);
第二十三条第二項第一号若しくは第三項又は第二十七条第四項の規定による報告の徴取に対して虚偽の報告をした者
a person refusing, hindering, or evading an examination under Article 23, paragraph (2), item (ii); paragraph (3) of that Article; or Article 27, paragraph (2) or paragraph (4); or giving a false statement when faced with questioning under those provisions;
第二十三条第二項第二号若しくは第三項若しくは第二十七条第二項若しくは第四項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避し、又はこれらの規定による質問に対して虚偽の陳述をした者
a person giving a false statement when faced with questioning under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2), item (iii); paragraph (3) of that Article; or Article 27, paragraph (4);
第二十三条第二項第三号若しくは第三項又は第二十七条第四項の規定による質問に対して虚偽の陳述をした者
a person failing to produce a material, in violation of an administrative measure under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2), item (iv); paragraph (3) of that Article; or Article 27, paragraph (4); or
第二十三条第二項第四号若しくは第三項又は第二十七条第四項の規定による処分に違反して物件を提出しない者
a person failing to keep a material safe or relocating it, in violation of an administrative measure under the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2), item (v); paragraph (3) of that Article; or Article 27, paragraph (4).
第二十三条第二項第五号若しくは第三項又は第二十七条第四項の規定による処分に違反して物件を保全せず、又は移動した者
第五十六条
If the representative of a corporation or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual violates the provisions set forth in one of the following items in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, beyond the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation is subject to the fine prescribed in the relevant item and the individual is subject to the fine prescribed in the Article referred to in the relevant item:
法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関して、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。
Article 51 or Article 52:a fine of not more than one hundred million yen; or
Article 53, paragraph (2) and the preceding two Articles:the fine prescribed in the Article.
第五十七条
A person failing to prepare and store Financial Statements, etc., violating the provisions of Article 11-17, paragraph (1) or failing to write necessary particulars in Financial Statements, etc.; writing false contents; or refusing the request pursuant to the items of paragraph (2) of that Article without a legitimate reason is subject to an administrative penalty of not more than 200,000 yen.
第十一条の十七第一項の規定に違反して財務諸表等を備えて置かず、財務諸表等に記載すべき事項を記載せず、若しくは虚偽の記載をし、又は正当な理由がないのに同条第二項各号の規定による請求を拒んだ者は、二十万円以下の過料に処する。
a Registered Testing Organization
「登録試験機関」
A corporation registered by the Prime Minister to hold the qualification examination for consumer affairs consultants (消費生活相談員資格試験).
Short name set inArticle 10-3, paragraph (1)
Testing Tasks
「試験業務」
The work of holding the qualification examination for consumer affairs consultants (消費生活相談員資格試験).
Short name set inArticle 11-9, paragraph (1)
Financial Statements, etc.
「財務諸表等」
In Article 11-17, paragraph (2) and Article 57, the inventory of property, balance sheet, profit and loss or income and expenditure statement and business report a Registered Testing Organization (登録試験機関) must prepare each business year, including electronic records made in their place.
Short name set inArticle 11-17, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 11-17, paragraph (2); and Article 57
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.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.