A person falling under any of the following items is punished by a fine not exceeding 500 thousand yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、これを五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
a person who has refused, obstructed or evaded an on-site inspection or collection and removal by an official under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3));
a person who has not made a report under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)) or has made a false report;
a person who has not made a notification under the provisions of Article 27, Article 48, paragraph (8) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1) for both cases), Article 57, paragraph (1), or Article 58, paragraph (1), or has made a false notification; or
a person who violates an order under the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (2).
第四十六条第二項の規定による命令に違反した者
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.