Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

A person who receives, from another person that committed the crime set forth in Article 74, paragraph (1) or (2), all or some of the foreign nationals who landed, or who transports, harbors, or enables the foreign nationals received to escape, is punished with imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine not exceeding 3 million yen. The same applies to a person who subsequently receives all or some of the foreign nationals from the person who originally received them, or who transports, harbors or enables the foreign nationals received to escape after receiving them.

If a person commits the crime set forth in the preceding paragraph for the purpose of profit, the person is punished with imprisonment for not less than 1 year but not more than 10 years and a fine not exceeding 10 million yen.

An attempt to commit the crime referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is punishable.

A person who makes preparations with the intention of committing the crime set forth in the preceding Article, paragraph (1) or (2), is punished with imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine not exceeding 1 million yen.

A person who facilitates the acts prescribed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) (hereinafter referred to as "illegal entry or landing") or the act prescribed in item (ii)-2 of the same paragraph for the purpose of profit is punished with imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine not exceeding 3 million yen, or is subject to the cumulative imposition of imprisonment and a fine.

A person falling under any of the following items is punished with imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine not exceeding 3 million yen, or is subject to the cumulative imposition of imprisonment and a fine:

a person who is granted a refugee travel document, travel certificate, crew member's pocket-ledger or re-entry permit issued by an authorized organization of Japan using deceit or other wrongful means, for the purpose of facilitating another person to commit illegal entry or landing;

a person who, for the purpose of facilitating another person to commit illegal entry or landing, possesses, provides or receives the following documents:

documents that are falsified to serve as a passport (except for passports prescribed in Article 2, items (i) and (ii) of the Passport Act and travel certificates prescribed in Article 19-3, paragraph (1) of the same Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), crew member's pocket-ledger or re-entry permit;

a passport, crew member's pocket-ledger, or re-entry permit that is not valid for the person who commits illegal entry or landing;

a person who, for the purpose of violating the provisions of Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), is granted a refugee travel document, travel certificate, crew member's pocket-ledger or re-entry permit issued by an authorized organization in Japan by deceit or other wrongful means; or

a person who, for the purpose of violating the provisions of Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii), possesses or receives the following documents:

documents that are falsified to serve as a passport, crew member's pocket-ledger or re-entry permit.

a passport, crew member's pocket-ledger or re-entry permit that is not valid for oneself.

A person who commits a crime set forth in the provisions of item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph for the purpose of profit is punished with imprisonment for not more than 5 years and a fine not exceeding 5 million yen.

An attempt to commit the crime referred to in the preceding Article (except for the part pertaining to possession) is punishable.

The crimes set forth in Article 73-2, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii), Articles 73-3 through 73-6, Article 74-2 (except for the part pertaining to transportation within the territory of Japan), Article 74-3, and the preceding three Articles are to comply with the cases set forth in Article 2 of the Penal Code.

A person who harbors or enables foreign nationals who fall under Article 24, item (i) or item (ii) to escape for the purpose of allowing them to avoid deportation, is punished with imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine not exceeding 3 million yen.

If a person commits the crime set forth in the preceding paragraph for the purpose of profit, the person is punished with imprisonment for not more than 5 years and a fine not exceeding 5 million yen.

An attempt to commit the crime referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is punishable.

A person who fails to appear without legitimate grounds, refuses to testify or swear an oath or who gives false testimony in violation of the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 48, paragraph (5)) is punished with a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen.

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished with imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

a person who does not receive a residence card in violation of the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2); or

a person who refuses to present a residence card, or refuses to undergo the measures necessary to confirm the content of the residence card electronic or magnetic record, in violation of the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (3).

A person not carrying their residence card in violation of the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) is punished with a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen,

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished with a fine not exceeding 100,000 yen:

a person who violates the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1); or

a person who refuses to present a passport in violation of the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (3).

If the representative of a corporation, an agent, employee or any other worker of a corporation or an individual, commits any of the crimes set forth in Article 71-3, Article 71-4, Article 73-2 or in Articles 74 through 74-6, any of the crimes or attempts to commit the crimes set forth in Article 74-6-2 (excluding paragraph (1), items (iii) and (iv)), or the crimes set forth in Article 74-8 in relation to the business of the corporation or individual, that corporation or individual, along with the person who commits the crime, are punished with the relevant fine under each of those provisions.

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished with a civil fine not exceeding 500,000 yen:

a person who refuses to undergo or obstructs an examination or any other duty to be executed by an immigration inspector in violation of the provisions of Article 56;

a person who has failed to prevent a foreign national from landing in violation of the provisions of Article 58; or

a person who has neglected to send back a foreign national in violation of the provisions of Article 59.

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished with a civil fine not exceeding 100,000 yen:

a person who has failed to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) (excluding item (i)) or paragraph (2) (excluding item (i)), or who has made a false notification;

a person who has failed to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (4), or who has made a false notification;

a person who has failed to make a report pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (5), or who has made a false report;

a person who has failed to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (7) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-3, paragraph (6)), or who has made a false notification;

a person who has failed to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-3, paragraph (4), or who has made a false notification; or

a person who has failed to make a report pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-3, paragraph (5), or who has made a false report.

A person set forth in any of the items of Article 61-8-3, paragraph (2), in violation of the provisions of the same paragraph, who does not file a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (1), Article 19-8, paragraph (1), Article 19-9, paragraph (1) or Article 19-10, paragraph (1), does not receive the residence card returned pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-8, paragraph (2) and Article 19-9, paragraph (2)) or the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (3), Article 19-12, paragraph (2) and Article 19-13, paragraph (4)) or does not file an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1), Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or Article 19-13, paragraph (3) is punished with a civil fine not exceeding 50,000 yen.

A vessel, an aircraft or a vehicle used for committing a criminal act prescribed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 74, Article 74-2 or Article 74-4 which is owned or possessed by an offender is confiscated; provided however, that this does not apply if the vessel, aircraft or vehicle is owned by a person other than the offender that falls under either of the following sub-items:

if it is found that the person has no prior knowledge that the crime set forth in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 74, Article 74-2 or Article 74-4 is to be committed, and continued to own the vessel, aircraft or vehicle from the time the crime was committed; or

if it is found that the person came to acquire the vessel, aircraft, or vehicle after the crime prescribed in the preceding item was committed, without the knowledge that it was used in the commission of a crime.