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Article 71

第七十一条

If a representative of a corporation (including an association or foundation with no legal personality prescribed in Article 66, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph) (including a representative or administrator of that association or foundation), or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or person, commits a violation under Article 68, paragraph (1) or (3), Article 69 or the preceding Article with regard to the business or property of that corporation or person, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in each of those Articles is imposed on that corporation or person.

法人(第六十六条第一項に規定する人格のない社団又は財団を含む。以下この項及び次項において同じ。)の代表者(当該社団又は財団の代表者又は管理者を含む。)又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関して第六十八条第一項若しくは第三項、第六十九条又は前条の違反行為をしたときは、その行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対し、当該各条の罰金刑を科する。

The period of prescription in the case where a fine is imposed on a corporation or person pursuant to the preceding paragraph for a violation under Article 68, paragraph (1) or (3) is governed by the period of prescription for the offenses under those provisions.

前項の規定により第六十八条第一項又は第三項の違反行為につき法人又は人に罰金刑を科する場合における時効の期間は、これらの規定の罪についての時効の期間による。

Where paragraph (1) applies to an association or foundation prescribed in that paragraph, its representative or administrator represents that association or foundation in its procedural acts in the lawsuit, and the provisions of laws and regulations on criminal procedure for the case where a corporation is the accused or suspect apply mutatis mutandis.

第一項に規定する社団又は財団について同項の規定の適用がある場合には、その代表者又は管理者がその訴訟行為につきその社団又は財団を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。

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