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Chapter XIII Penal Provisions
The law as Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 46 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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A person who violates the provisions of Article 5 is punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than ten years or by a fine of not less than 200,000 yen and not more than 3,000,000 yen.
第五条の規定に違反した者は、一年以上十年以下の拘禁刑又は二十万円以上三百万円以下の罰金に処する。
A person who violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 56, Article 63 or Article 64-2 is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
第六条、第五十六条、第六十三条又は第六十四条の二の規定に違反した者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
A person who violates an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 70 (limited to those parts of that Order relating to Article 63 or Article 64-2) is also governed by the preceding paragraph.
第七十条の規定に基づいて発する厚生労働省令（第六十三条又は第六十四条の二の規定に係る部分に限る。）に違反した者についても前項の例による。
A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
a person who violates the provisions of Article 3, Article 4, Article 7, Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 19, Article 20, Article 22, paragraph (4), Article 32, Article 34, Article 35, Article 36, paragraph (6), Article 37, Article 39 (excluding paragraph (7)), Article 61, Article 62, Articles 64-3 through 67, Article 72, Articles 75 through 77, Article 79, Article 80, Article 94, paragraph (2), Article 96, or Article 104, paragraph (2);
第三条、第四条、第七条、第十六条、第十七条、第十八条第一項、第十九条、第二十条、第二十二条第四項、第三十二条、第三十四条、第三十五条、第三十六条第六項、第三十七条、第三十九条（第七項を除く。）、第六十一条、第六十二条、第六十四条の三から第六十七条まで、第七十二条、第七十五条から第七十七条まで、第七十九条、第八十条、第九十四条第二項、第九十六条又は第百四条第二項の規定に違反した者
a person who violates an Order under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (2), Article 96-2, paragraph (2), or Article 96-3, paragraph (1);
第三十三条第二項、第九十六条の二第二項又は第九十六条の三第一項の規定による命令に違反した者
a person who violates an Order of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 40;
第四十条の規定に基づいて発する厚生労働省令に違反した者
a person who violates an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 70 (limited to those parts of that Order relating to the provisions of Article 62 or Article 64-3).
第七十条の規定に基づいて発する厚生労働省令（第六十二条又は第六十四条の三の規定に係る部分に限る。）に違反した者
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
a person who violates the provisions of Article 14, Article 15, paragraph (1) or (3), Article 18, paragraph (7), Article 22, paragraphs (1) through (3), Articles 23 through 27, Article 32-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 32-3, paragraph (4), Article 32-4, paragraph (4) and Article 32-5, paragraph (3)), Article 32-5, paragraph (2), the proviso to Article 33, paragraph (1), Article 38-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-3, paragraph (2)), Article 39, paragraph (7), Articles 57 through 59, Article 64, Article 68, Article 89, Article 90, paragraph (1), Article 91, Article 95, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 96-2, paragraph (1), Article 105 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (3)), or Articles 106 through 109;
第十四条、第十五条第一項若しくは第三項、第十八条第七項、第二十二条第一項から第三項まで、第二十三条から第二十七条まで、第三十二条の二第二項（第三十二条の三第四項、第三十二条の四第四項及び第三十二条の五第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、第三十二条の五第二項、第三十三条第一項ただし書、第三十八条の二第三項（第三十八条の三第二項において準用する場合を含む。）、第三十九条第七項、第五十七条から第五十九条まで、第六十四条、第六十八条、第八十九条、第九十条第一項、第九十一条、第九十五条第一項若しくは第二項、第九十六条の二第一項、第百五条（第百条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第百六条から第百九条までの規定に違反した者
a person who violates an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 70 (limited to the parts of that Order relating to the provisions of Article 14);
第七十条の規定に基づいて発する厚生労働省令（第十四条の規定に係る部分に限る。）に違反した者
a person who violates an Order under the provisions of Article 92, paragraph (2), or Article 96-3, paragraph (2);
第九十二条第二項又は第九十六条の三第二項の規定による命令に違反した者
a person who has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection by a labor standards inspector or by the Director-General of the Women's Management Bureau or an official of that Bureau designated by the Director-General under the provisions of Article 101 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (3)); has not made statements or has made false statements in response to their questioning; has not submitted books and records to them; or has submitted books and records containing false entries;
第百一条（第百条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による労働基準監督官又は女性主管局長若しくはその指定する所属官吏の臨検を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避し、その尋問に対して陳述をせず、若しくは虚偽の陳述をし、帳簿書類の提出をせず、又は虚偽の記載をした帳簿書類の提出をした者
a person who has failed to give a report, has given a false report, or has failed to appear under the provisions of Article 104-2.
第百四条の二の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は出頭しなかつた者
If a person who violatesviolating this Act is an agent, employee, or other staff member who was acting on behalf of the person in control of the business in connection with a matter concerning particular that concerns a worker at that business, the person in control of the business is also subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Articlefine under the relevant Article is also assessed against the person in control of the business; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person in control of the business has taken the necessary measures to prevent thatthe violation (if the person in control of the business is a corporation, theirjuridical person, the representative thereof is deemed to be the person in control of the business; and if the person in control of the business is a minor or an adult ward without the same legal capacity to act as an adult in connection with that business, their or a person subject to a ruling appointing a specified assistant, the statutory representative thereof is deemed to be the person in control of the business (if the statutory representative is a corporation, theirjuridical person, the representative); the thereof). The same applies belowhereinafter in this Article).
この法律の違反行為をした者が、当該事業の労働者に関する事項について、事業主のために行為した代理人、使用人その他の従業者である場合においては、事業主に対しても各本条の罰金刑を科する。ただし、事業主（事業主が法人である場合においてはその代表者、事業主が営業に関し成年者と同一の行為能力を有しない未成年者又は成年被後見人特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者である場合においてはその法定代理人（法定代理人が法人であるときは、その代表者）を事業主とする。次項において同じ。）が違反の防止に必要な措置をした場合においては、この限りでない。
If the person in control of the business learns of a planned violation but does not take any necessary measures to prevent it, knows of a violation but does not take any necessary measures to rectify it, or instigates that violation, the person in control of the business is also punished as a violator.
事業主が違反の計画を知りその防止に必要な措置を講じなかつた場合、違反行為を知り、その是正に必要な措置を講じなかつた場合又は違反を教唆した場合においては、事業主も行為者として罰する。