Article 293Crime of Divulging Confidential Information on Proceedings of Deliberations
第二百九十三条（評議の秘密を漏らす罪）
If a domestic relations mediation commissioner or a person who has been a domestic relations mediation commissioner, without justifiable grounds, divulges any matters with respect to the proceedings of the deliberations of the committee, or the opinions of a judge, domestic relations mediator or domestic relations mediation commissioner or the number of opinions constituting the majority and the minority, the person is punished by a fine of up to 300,000 yen. The same applies when a counselor or a person who has been a counselor, without justifiable grounds, divulges the opinions of a judge or counselor.
家事調停委員又は家事調停委員であった者が正当な理由なく評議の経過又は裁判官、家事調停官若しくは家事調停委員の意見若しくはその多少の数を漏らしたときは、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。参与員又は参与員であった者が正当な理由なく裁判官又は参与員の意見を漏らしたときも、同様とする。
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.