Article 144-33Offenses Concerning the Obligation to Obtain Approval for Manufacture, etc.

①If a person, in violation of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, has performed an act set forth in item (i) or (ii) of that paragraph without obtaining the approval of the prefectural governor, or, having obtained the approval under that paragraph by deception or other wrongful means, has performed an act set forth in item (i) or (ii) of that paragraph, the person who committed the violation is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than 10,000,000 yen, or both.

②A person who, knowingly, provides or transports funds, land, buildings, ships, vehicles, equipment, machinery, instruments, raw materials or chemicals necessary for an act constituting an offense under the preceding paragraph is to be punished, as the person who committed the violation, by imprisonment for not more than seven years or a fine of not more than 7,000,000 yen, or both.

③If a person, knowingly, transports, stores, acquires for value or free of charge, or brokers or mediates the disposal of hydrocarbon oil pertaining to an offense under paragraph (1), the person who committed the violation is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than 3,000,000 yen, or both.

④If a person, in violation of the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, performs an act referred to in item (iii) or (iv) of that paragraph without obtaining the approval of the prefectural governor, or obtains the approval referred to in that paragraph by deception or other wrongful means, the person who committed the violation is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.

⑤In a case that falls under any of the following items, the person who committed the violation is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

⑥Where a representative of a juridical person, or an agent, employee or other worker of a juridical person or an individual, commits a violation referred to in the preceding paragraphs in connection with the business of that juridical person or individual, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine specified in each of the following items for the category of violation set forth in that item is to be imposed on that juridical person, and the fine prescribed in the relevant paragraph is to be imposed on that individual:

⑦In the case where a fine is imposed on a juridical person or individual pursuant to the preceding paragraph for a violation referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), the period of prescription is governed by the period of prescription for the offenses under those paragraphs.