Industrial Safety and Health Act

If an officer or employee of a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections, a registered agency for performance inspections, a registered agency for individual examinations, or a registered agency for type examinations (hereinafter referred to as a "specified agency" in this Article) that conducts design reviews or post-manufacturing inspections, performance inspections, individual examinations, or type examinations (hereinafter referred to as the "specified operations" in this Article) accepts, solicits, or agrees to a bribe in connection with the duties thereof, that officer or employee is subject to imprisonment for a term of five years or less. If, in doing so, the person has committed an improper act or omitted a proper act, that person is subject to imprisonment for a term of seven years or less.

If a person who is attempting to become an officer or employee of a specified agency engaged in specified operations accedes to a request involving an official duty and accepts, solicits, or agrees to a bribe in connection with a duty to be assumed, that person is subject to imprisonment for a term of five years or less if that person becomes an officer or employee of the agency.

If a person who used to be an officer or employee of a specified agency engaged in specified operations has accepted, solicited, or agreed to a bribe in connection with that person's having acceded to a request involving an official duty while in service and engaged in improper conduct or failed to take a reasonable action in an official capacity, that person is subject to imprisonment for a term of five years or less.

In a case as referred to in the preceding three paragraphs, any bribe that the offender has accepted is confiscated. If all or part of this cannot be confiscated, an equivalent value is collected.

A person who has provided a bribe as prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of the preceding Article or who has offered or agreed to do so is subject to imprisonment for a term of three years or less or to a fine of 2,500,000 yen or less.

If a person who has committed a crime prescribed in the previous paragraph has self-denounced, the person may be given a reduced sentence or granted an absolute discharge.

The crimes stated in paragraphs (1) through (3) of Article 115-3 are governed by Article 4 of the Penal Code.

If the provisions of Article 55 have been violated, the person that committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for a term of three years or less or to a fine of three million yen or less.

If the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 37, paragraph (1) of Article 44, paragraph (1) of Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of Article 56, paragraph (1) of Article 75-8 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 83-3 and Article 85-3), or paragraph (2) of Article 86 have been violated, the person that committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for a term of one year or less or to a fine of one million yen or less.

If there has been a violation of an order to suspend operations under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 53 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53-3 through Article 54-2 and paragraph (3) of Article 77), paragraph (2) of Article 54-7 or paragraph (2) of Article 75-11 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 83-3 and Article 85-3), the officer or the employee of the registered agency or other prescribed organization who has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for a term of one year or less or to a fine of one million yen or less.

In any of the following cases, a person who has committed said violation is subject to imprisonment for a term of six months or less or to a fine of 500,000 yen or less:

when a person has violated the provisions of Article 14, Article 20 through Article 25, paragraph (1) of Article 25-2, paragraph (1) or (4) of Article 30-3, paragraph (1) of Article 31, Article 31-2, paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 33, Article 34, Article 35, paragraph (1) of Article 38, paragraph (1) of Article 40, Article 42, Article 43, paragraph (6) of Article 44, paragraph (7) of Article 44-2, paragraph (3) or (4) of Article 56, paragraph (5) of Article 57-4, paragraph (5) of Article 57-5, paragraph (3) or (4) of Article 59, paragraph (1) of Article 61, paragraph (1) of Article 65, paragraph (1) of Article 65-3, Article 65-5, Article 68, paragraph (5) of Article 89 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of Article 89-2), paragraph (2) or (3) of Article 97, Article 105, or paragraph (4) of Article 108-2;

when a person has violated an order under the provisions of Article 43-2, paragraph (5) of Article 56, paragraph (6) of Article 88, paragraph (1) of Article 98 or paragraph (1) of Article 99;

when a person has failed to label under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 57 or has falsely labeled, or has failed to deliver a document under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article or has delivered false documents;

In any of the following cases, a person who has committed said violation is subject to a fine of not more than five hundred thousand yen:

when a person has violated the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 10, paragraph (1) of Article 11, paragraph (1) of Article 12, paragraph (1) of Article 13, paragraph (1), (3) or (4) of Article 15, paragraph (1) of Article 15-2, paragraph (1) of Article 16, paragraph (1) of Article 17, paragraph (1) of Article 18, paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of Article 30-3), Article 26, paragraph (1) or (4) of Article 30, paragraph (1) or (4) of Article 30-2, paragraph (1) of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) through paragraph (7) of Article 32, paragraph (3) of Article 33, paragraph (2) of Article 40, paragraph (5) of Article 44, paragraph (6) of Article 44-2, paragraphs (1) through (3) of Article 45, paragraph (4) of Article 57-2, paragraph (1) of Article 57-4, paragraph (1) of Article 59 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article), paragraph (2) of Article 61, paragraphs (1) through (3) of Article 66, Article 66-3, Article 66-6, paragraph (1) of Article 66-8-2, paragraph (1) of Article 66-8-4, paragraph (6) of Article 87, paragraphs (1) through (4) of Article 88, paragraph (1) of Article 101 or paragraph (1) or (4) of Article 103;

when a person has violated an order or instruction under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 11 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of Article 12 and paragraph (2) of Article 15-2), paragraph (1) of Article 57-5, paragraph (5) of Article 65, paragraph (4) of Article 66, paragraph (2) of Article 98 or paragraph (2) of Article 99;

when a person has failed to label under the provisions of paragraph (4) of Article 44 or paragraph (5) of Article 44-2, or has falsely labeled;

when a person has refused, impeded, or evaded the entrance, inspection, work environment monitoring, collection of samples or medical screenings under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 91, paragraph (1) of Article 94 or paragraph (1), (2) or (4) of Article 96, or has refused to reply or made false statements to the questions under those provisions;

when a person has failed to report under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) of Article 100 or made a false report, or has failed to appear;

when a person has failed to either prepare or keep records under paragraph (3) of Article 103, or has made false entries in the records referred to in that paragraph.

In circumstances falling under one of the following items, the officer or employee of a registered agency or other prescribed organization who has committed the relevant violation is subject to a fine of 500,000 yen or less:

if the person has failed to file a notification under Article 49 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53-3 through Article 54-2 and paragraph (3) of Article 77), or has filed a false notification;

if the person has discontinued all of exam administration or administration of consultant exams or the registration functions without obtaining the permission under Article 75-10 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 83-3 and Article 85-3);

if the person has refused, impeded, or evaded an entry or inspection under the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 96, refused to reply to questions under those provisions, or given false replies;

if the person has failed to report under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 100 or made a false report;

if the person has failed to prepare or keep records under paragraph (2) of Article 103, or has made false entries in the records referred to in that paragraph.

If the representative of a corporation or the agent, employee, or other staff member of a corporation or individual commits a violation referred to in Articles 116, 117, 119 or 120 in connection with the operations of the corporation or individual, in addition to the perpetrator being punished, the corporation or individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article.

In circumstances falling under one of the following items, the director, auditor, or liquidator of the Association of Consultants who perpetrated the violation is subject to a fine not exceeding 500,000 yen:

if the person has failed to file notification under the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 87, or has filed false notification;

if the person has refused, impeded, or evaded an inspection under the provisions of paragraph (5) of Article 87, or has violated an order under the provisions of that paragraph.

A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a civil fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

a person that has failed to keep financial statements, etc., failed to record the particulars to be recorded in the financial statements, etc. or made false records in violation of the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 50 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53-3 through Article 54-2 and paragraph (3) of Article 77), or a person refusing a request under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 50 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 53-3 through Article 54-2 and paragraph (3) of Article 77) without a legitimate reason (excluding a foreign registered agency for inspections or examinations);

the officer committing the violation in question, if JOHAS has violated an order under the provisions of Article 96-3.