Article 144-37Offenses Relating to False Notifications Concerning Commencement and Discontinuation of Business, etc.
第百四十四条の三十七（事業の開廃等に係る虚偽の届出等に関する罪）
In 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:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
In the case where the person fails to make, or makes a false, notification under the provisions of Article 144-34, paragraphs (1) through (3);
第百四十四条の三十四第一項から第三項までの規定による届出をせず、又は偽つたとき。
In the case where the person fails to make, or makes a false, report under the provisions of Article 144-35, paragraphs (1) through (3) or notice under the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article;
第百四十四条の三十五第一項から第三項までの規定による報告若しくは同条第五項の規定による通知をせず、又は偽つたとき。
In the case where the person fails to submit the document under the provisions of Article 144-35, paragraph (6), or submits one containing false statements;
第百四十四条の三十五第六項の規定による書類を提出せず、又は虚偽の記載をしたものを提出したとき。
In the case where the person violates the provisions of Article 144-35, paragraph (7);
第百四十四条の三十五第七項の規定に違反したとき。
In the case where the person, in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article, fails to keep books, fails to make entries in the books or makes false entries in them, or conceals the books.
前条の規定に違反して、帳簿を備えず、若しくは帳簿の記載をせず、若しくは偽り、又はその帳簿を隠匿したとき。
Where the representative of a corporation, or the agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or person, has committed a violation referred to in the preceding paragraph in connection with the business of that corporation or person, the fine prescribed in that paragraph is also imposed on that corporation or person, in addition to punishing the offender.
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fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.