If an employer falls under one of the following items without a legitimate reason therefor, the employer is subject to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
事業主が、正当な理由がなくて次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、六月以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
if, in violation of the provisions of Article 27, an employer has failed to submit a notification, or has submitted a false notification;
第二十七条の規定に違反して、届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をしたとき。
if, in violation of the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30, paragraph (2)) an employer has failed to notify the relevant person;
if, in violation of the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (2), an employer has failed to pay insurance premiums by the due date designated in the demand letter; or
第八十二条第二項の規定に違反して、督促状に指定する期限までに保険料を納付しないとき。
If an employer of an applicable place of business, etc. has, without a legitimate reason and in violation of Article 100, paragraph (1), failed to submit documents or other items, has failed to answer the questions of the competent official (including the official of JPS provided for in Article 100, paragraph (1) as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 100-8, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following Article) or has given a false statement to that official, or has refused, disrupted or evaded an inspection of that official, the employer is subject to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.