第六十九条の七
If a person falls under any of the following items, the person that has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than seven years, a fine of not more than 20 million yen, or both; provided, however, that if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 20 million yen, the fine to which the person is subject is not more than five times that value:
次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その違反行為をした者は、七年以下の拘禁刑若しくは二千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。ただし、当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が二千万円を超えるときは、罰金は、当該価格の五倍以下とする。
If a person has conducted a transaction provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) or (4) without obtaining the permission under the provisions of those paragraphs; or
If a person has exported goods provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph.
If a person falls under any of the following items, the person that has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine of not more than 30 million yen, or both; provided, however, that if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 30 million yen, the fine to which the person is subject is not more than five times that value:
次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その違反行為をした者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは三千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。ただし、当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が三千万円を超えるときは、罰金は、当該価格の五倍以下とする。
If a person has conducted a transaction provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph, in connection with specified technology that is technology for the design, manufacture, or use of those, among nuclear weapons, military chemical agents or bacterial agents, devices for dispersing these, and rockets or unmanned aerial vehicles capable of transporting these, that are prescribed by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "nuclear weapons or other such items" in this paragraph), or technology prescribed by Cabinet Order as technology for the design, manufacture, or use of goods that are found to be particularly highly likely to be used for the development, manufacture, use, or storage of nuclear weapons or other such items (referred to as "development or other such activity" in the following item); or
If a person has, in connection with a specified type of goods referred to in Article 48, paragraph (1) that are prescribed by Cabinet Order as goods found to be particularly highly likely to be used for nuclear weapons or other such items or for the development or other such activity of those items, conducted a transaction provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (4) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph, or made an export provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph.
Attempts to commit the offenses referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) and item (ii) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part concerning the export of goods) are also punishable.
第六十九条の八
If a person falls under any of the following items, the person that has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years, a fine of not more than 10 million yen, or both; provided, however, that if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 10 million yen, the fine to which the person is subject is not more than five times that value:
次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その違反行為をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。ただし、当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が千万円を超えるときは、罰金は、当該価格の五倍以下とする。
If a person has conducted a transaction meant to provide specified technology, without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2);
If a person has done an act specified in Article 25, paragraph (3), item (i), without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of that paragraph;
If a person has exported goods without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (2);
If a person has exported goods without obtaining approval under an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (3); or
If a person has imported goods without obtaining approval under an order based on the provisions of Article 52.
An attempt to commit the offense referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part concerning Article 25, paragraph (3), item (i), (a)) is also punishable.
前項第二号(第二十五条第三項第一号イに係る部分に限る。)の未遂罪は、罰する。
第七十条
If a person falls under any of the following items, the person that has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than three years, a fine of not more than one million yen, or both; provided, however, that if three times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds one million yen, the fine is not more than three times that value:
次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その違反行為をした者は、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。ただし、当該違反行為の目的物の価格の三倍が百万円を超えるときは、罰金は、当該価格の三倍以下とする。
If a person has made or received a payment in violation of the provisions of Article 8;
If a person has carried out a transaction or action or made or received a payment in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 9, paragraph (1);
If a person has made or received a payment without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3), or in violation of the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article;
第十六条第一項から第三項までの規定に基づく命令の規定による許可を受けないで、又は同条第五項の規定に違反して支払等をしたとき。
If a person has made or received a payment in violation of the prohibition under Article 16-2 on the making or receiving of payment, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that Article;
If a person has engaged in business involving a foreign exchange transaction or a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action in violation of the suspension or restrictions under Article 17-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17-3, Article 17-4, paragraph (1) and Article 55-9-4, paragraph (3));
第十七条の二第二項(第十七条の三、第十七条の四第一項及び第五十五条の九の四第三項において準用する場合を含む。)の規定による停止又は制限に違反して、外国為替取引又は電子決済手段等の移転等に係る業務を行つたとき。
If a person has imported or exported a means of payment prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1), securities, or precious metals without getting the permission under an Order that is based on paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article;
If a person has conducted a capital transaction without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2);
If a person has conducted a capital transaction in violation of the prohibition under Article 22, paragraph (1) on capital transactions, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that paragraph;
If a person has handled accounting in violation of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2);
第二十二条第二項の規定に違反して経理したとき。
If a person has made an outward direct investment without having filed a notification under Article 23, paragraph (1) or after filing a false notification;
If a person has made an outward direct investment during the period prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (3) or (5) in violation of the provisions of those paragraphs;
If a person has made an outward direct investment in violation of the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (7);
If a person has made an outward direct investment in violation of an order of modification or discontinuance under Article 23, paragraph (9);
If a person has conducted a specified capital transaction without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 24, paragraph (1) or (2);
If a person has conducted a specified capital transaction in violation of the prohibition under Article 24-2 on specified capital transactions, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that Article;
If a person has taken an action provided for in Article 25, paragraph (3), item (ii) without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that paragraph;
If a person has conducted a service transaction provided for by an Order that is based on Article 25, paragraph (5) without getting the permission under that paragraph;
If a person has conducted a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 25, paragraph (6);
If a person has, in violation of the prohibition under Article 25-2, paragraph (1) or (2) on a transaction for the purpose of providing technology, exporting a document, drawing, or recording medium containing technological information, transmission of technological information outside Japan, or export of goods, conducted such a transaction, exported such a document, drawing, or recording medium, transmitted such technological information outside Japan, or exported such goods;
第二十五条の二第一項又は第二項の規定による技術の提供を目的とする取引若しくは技術記録媒体等輸出若しくは国外技術送信又は貨物の輸出の禁止に違反して取引若しくは技術記録媒体等輸出若しくは国外技術送信又は輸出をしたとき。
If a person has conducted a transaction or exported goods in violation of the prohibition under Article 25-2, paragraph (3) on transactions connected with the buying and selling, leasing, or donation of goods, or on the export of goods;
第二十五条の二第三項の規定による貨物の売買、貸借若しくは贈与に関する取引又は貨物の輸出の禁止に違反して取引又は輸出をしたとき。
If a person has conducted a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries in violation of the prohibition under Article 25-2, paragraph (4) on service transactions and transactions involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that paragraph;
第二十五条の二第四項の規定による役務取引等の禁止に違反して、又は同項の規定に基づく命令の規定による許可を受けないで役務取引等をしたとき。
If a person has failed to make a notification under Article 27, paragraph (1) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of that Article) or Article 28, paragraph (1) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of that Article) or made a false notification, and has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions;
Changes on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions during the prohibition period prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (6) in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of the same Article) or Article 28, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of the same Article);
If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (8) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of that Article and the cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 28, paragraph (7) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of that Article; the same applies in the following item));
Changes on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions in violation of an order of modification or discontinuance under Article 27, paragraph (10) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or paragraph (14) of the same Article and as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (7));
Changes and moves to item (xxviii) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has violated an order under Article 29, paragraphs (1) through (4) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (13) or (14), or Article 28, paragraph (8) or (9)), or if a person has violated an order under Article 29, paragraph (5) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (6) or (7), or Article 28-2, paragraph (6) or (7));
第二十九条第一項から第四項まで(第二十七条第十三項若しくは第十四項又は第二十八条第八項若しくは第九項の規定によりみなして適用する場合を含む。)の規定による命令に違反したとき又は第二十九条第五項(第二十七条の二第六項若しくは第七項又は第二十八条の二第六項若しくは第七項の規定によりみなして適用する場合を含む。)の規定による命令に違反したとき。
Moves to item (xxxiii) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract while failing to make a notification under Article 30, paragraph (1) or making a false notification;
第三十条第一項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をして、技術導入契約の締結等をしたとき。
Moves to item (xxxiv) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract during the period prescribed in Article 30, paragraph (2) (or, if the period is extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or (6) of that Article or shortened pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, during the period so extended or shortened) in violation of the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article;
Moves to item (xxxv) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (8) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30, paragraph (7);
第三十条第七項において準用する第二十七条第八項の規定に違反して技術導入契約の締結等をしたとき。
Moves to item (xxxvi) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract in violation of an order of modification or discontinuance under Article 27, paragraph (10) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30, paragraph (7);
第三十条第七項において準用する第二十七条第十項の規定による変更又は中止の命令に違反して技術導入契約の締結等をしたとき。
Moves to item (xxxvii) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has conducted the shipment of goods in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 51;
Moves to item (xxxviii) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has exported goods, conducted a transaction, exported a document, drawing, or recording medium containing specified information, or transmitted information, in violation of the prohibition under Article 53, paragraph (1) on the export of goods, on transactions that are meant to provide specified technology, on the export of a document, drawing, or recording medium containing specified information, or on the transmission of information concerning the specified technology;
Moves to item (xxxix) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has imported or exported goods in violation of the prohibition under Article 53, paragraph (2) on the import or export of goods;
Moves to item (xl) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has violated an order under Article 53, paragraph (3) or (4);
Moves to item (xli) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has violated the conditions attached under Article 67, paragraph (1) to the permission under Article 25, paragraph (1) or (4) or Article 48, paragraph (1); or
Moves to item (xlii) on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If a person has obtained, by deception or other wrongful means, the permission or approval under Article 25, paragraph (1); under an Order that is based on paragraph (2) or (3) of that Article; under paragraph (4) of that Article; under Article 48, paragraph (1); under an Order that is based on Article 48, paragraph (2) or (3); or under an Order that is based on Article 52.
An attempt to commit the offense referred to in item (xvi) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part concerning Article 25, paragraph (3), item (ii), (a)) is punishable.
前項第十六号(第二十五条第三項第二号イに係る部分に限る。)の未遂罪は、罰する。
means of payment
「支払手段」
Banknotes, government notes and coins; cheques (including traveller's cheques), bills of exchange, postal money orders and letters of credit; property value recorded electronically on a voucher, device or other object that can be used to pay unspecified or many persons and that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as used much as currency is; and other things a Cabinet Order treats as equivalent to the first two groups.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (vii)
precious metal
「貴金属」
Gold bullion, bullion of gold alloys, gold coins not in circulation, and other things made mainly of gold.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (x)
security
「証券」
Public bonds, corporate bonds, shares, equity interests, certificates giving rights to public bonds or shares, debentures, treasury securities, mortgage securities, profit certificates, coupons, dividend receipts, coupon exchange tickets and other similar securities or certificates a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, whether or not a certificate has been issued.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xi)
goods
「貨物」
Movable property other than precious metals (貴金属), means of payment (支払手段), and securities (証券) and other certificates embodying claims.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xv)
making or receiving of a paymentmachine translation
「支払等」
A payment or the receipt of a payment.
Defined inArticle 8, paragraph (1)
transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed actionmachine translation
「電子決済手段等の移転等」
The act the table in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) sets against each kind of electronic payment instruments service provider, etc. (電子決済手段等取引業者等): for an electronic payment instruments service provider, a transfer of electronic payment instruments (電子決済手段) for certain payments between its customers and customers of itself or of another provider at home or abroad, or in other cases a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, or the act in Article 2, paragraph (10), item (iv) of the Payment Services Act; for an electronic payment handling service provider and its counterparts for shinkin banks and credit cooperatives, the act in item (i) of the provision of the Banking Act, Shinkin Bank Act or Act on Financial Businesses by Cooperative that lists their business; and for a cryptoasset exchange service provider, a transfer of cryptoassets (暗号資産) for such payments or in other cases a Cabinet Order sets.
Defined inArticle 16-2, paragraph (1)
capital transactionmachine translation
「資本取引」
In Article 21, Article 22, paragraph (1), Article 55-3 and Article 70, paragraph (1), a capital transaction as defined in Article 20 — such as claims arising under deposit, loan or guarantee contracts between a resident and a non-resident, buying or selling securities between them, issuing securities across borders, and acquiring real estate across borders — other than a specified capital transaction (特定資本取引) under Article 24, paragraph (1).
Defined inArticle 21, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 22, paragraph (1); Article 55-3; and Article 70, paragraph (1)
specified capital transactionmachine translation
「特定資本取引」
A capital transaction of the kind in Article 20, item (ii) — a transaction under a money loan or debt guarantee contract between a resident and a non-resident, including one a Cabinet Order (政令) treats as equivalent under item (xii) — that a Cabinet Order specifies as made by an exporter or importer directly in connection with exporting or importing goods, or as connected with transferring, or granting a right to use, a mining right, industrial property right or similar right, other than one a Cabinet Order specifies as settling a short-term international commercial transaction.
Defined inArticle 24, paragraph (1)
specified technologymachine translation
「特定技術」
Technology for designing, manufacturing or using particular kinds of goods, which a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as technology whose provision is found to interfere with the maintenance of international peace and security.
Short name set inArticle 25, paragraph (1)
document, drawing, or recording medium containing specified informationmachine translation
「特定記録媒体等」
A document, drawing or recording medium in which information on specified technology (特定技術) is written or recorded.
Short name set inArticle 25, paragraph (3), item (i), (a)
service transaction
「役務取引」
A transaction whose purpose is to provide labour or a benefit.
Defined inArticle 25, paragraph (5)
service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countriesmachine translation
「役務取引等」
A service transaction (役務取引) a resident carries out with a non-resident, other than one relating to specified technology (特定技術) or amounting to an entry into, renewal or modification of a technology introduction contract (技術導入契約の締結等), or a transaction for the sale, lease or gift of goods that involves moving goods between foreign countries, other than one under Article 25, paragraph (4).
Short name set inArticle 25, paragraph (6)
transmission of technological information outside Japanmachine translation
「国外技術送信」
In Article 25-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xix), sending information on technology for designing, manufacturing or using goods (貨物設計等技術) by telecommunications (電気通信) to be received in a foreign country.
Short name set inArticle 25-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 25-2, paragraph (2); and Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xix)
exporting a document, drawing, or recording medium containing technological informationmachine translation
「技術記録媒体等輸出」
In Article 25-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xix), exporting a document, drawing or recording medium containing information on technology for designing, manufacturing or using goods (貨物設計等技術) in connection with a transaction to provide that technology in a foreign country or to a non-resident.
Short name set inArticle 25-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 25-2, paragraph (2); and Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xix)
inward direct investment or equivalent actionmachine translation
「対内直接投資等」
An inward direct investment or equivalent action as defined in Article 26, paragraph (2) — an act of a foreign investor such as acquiring shares or equity in an unlisted company, acquiring shares or voting rights in a listed or equivalent company (上場会社等) that bring a holding to at least a percentage a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, consenting to a major change in a company's business, setting up a branch in Japan, lending a large sum for more than a year to a corporation with its principal office in Japan, or taking over a business from a Japanese corporation — other than one a Cabinet Order excludes in view of inheritance, bequest, corporate merger or other circumstances.
Defined inArticle 27, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 29, paragraphs (1) to (4); Article 55-5; Article 69-2, paragraph (2); and Article 70, paragraph (1)
specified acquisition
「特定取得」
A specified acquisition as defined in Article 26, paragraph (3) — acquiring shares or equity in a company other than a listed or equivalent company (上場会社等) by transfer from a non-resident individual, a foreign corporation or another of the persons listed in Article 26, paragraph (1) — other than one a Cabinet Order (政令) excludes in view of inheritance, bequest, corporate merger or other circumstances.
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (1)
prohibition period
「禁止期間」
In Article 29, paragraph (1), item (ii), the period after an inward direct investment or equivalent action is notified under Article 27 or a specified acquisition under Article 28 during which the foreign investor must not carry it out — 30 days from the day the notification is accepted — as extended or shortened under those Articles.
Defined inArticle 29, paragraph (6)
entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contractmachine translation
「技術導入契約の締結等」
A resident's conclusion or renewal of, or other change to the terms of, a contract with a non-resident for the non-resident's transfer of industrial property rights or other rights relating to technology, grant of a right to use them, or guidance on technology for running a business.
Short name set inArticle 30, paragraph (1)
outward direct investment
「対外直接投資」
A resident's acquisition of securities issued by, or loan of money to, a corporation set up under foreign law that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as made to establish a lasting economic relationship with that corporation, or a resident's payment of funds to set up or expand a branch, factory or other place of business in a foreign country.
Defined inArticle 55-3, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies only in this provision and in Article 70, paragraph (1)
nuclear weapons or other such itemsmachine translation
「核兵器等」
In Article 69-7, paragraph (2), nuclear weapons, military chemical or biological agents, devices for spreading them, and rockets or unmanned aircraft able to deliver them, of the kinds a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Short name set inArticle 69-7, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this paragraph
development or other such activitymachine translation
「開発等」
In Article 69-7, paragraph (2), item (ii), the development, manufacture, use or storage of nuclear weapons or other such items (核兵器等).
Short name set inArticle 69-7, paragraph (2), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 69-7, paragraph (2), item (ii)
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.