Article 185-14Demand for Payment

①If a person fails to pay an administrative monetary penalty by the due date of payment, the Prime Minister must demand payment of the administrative monetary penalty by designating a deadline in the written demand.

②If the Prime Minister makes the demand for payment under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may collect a delinquent charge at a rate of 14.5 percent per annum accrued on the amount of the administrative monetary penalty referred to in that paragraph, calculated based on the number of days from the day after the due date of payment to the day on which the administrative monetary penalty is paid; provided, however, that this does not apply if the amount of the delinquent charge is less than one thousand yen.

③If the amount of the delinquent charge calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph includes an amount that is less than one hundred yen, the amount is rounded down to the nearest hundred yen.