Article 144-41Offenses Relating to Tax Evasion Concerning Light Oil Delivery Tax
第百四十四条の四十一（軽油引取税に係る脱税に関する罪）
If a person fails to remit all or part of the remittance pertaining to the light oil delivery tax that is to be collected and remitted under the provisions of Article 144-14, paragraph (2), 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.
第百四十四条の十四第二項の規定により徴収して納入すべき軽油引取税に係る納入金の全部又は一部を納入しなかつたときは、その違反行為をした者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
If a person evades all or part of the light oil delivery tax to be paid under the provisions of Article 144-18 by deception or other wrongful acts, 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.
偽りその他不正の行為により第百四十四条の十八の規定により納付すべき軽油引取税の全部又は一部を免れたときは、その違反行為をした者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
If a person receives a refund under the provisions of Article 144-30, paragraph (1) or Article 144-31, paragraph (1), (4) or (5) by deception or other wrongful acts, 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.
偽りその他不正の行為により第百四十四条の三十第一項又は第百四十四条の三十一第一項、第四項若しくは第五項の規定による還付を受けたときは、その違反行為をした者は、十年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
Where the amount not remitted under paragraph (1), the amount of tax evaded under paragraph (2) or the amount refunded under the preceding paragraph exceeds 10,000,000 yen, the amount of the fine under the relevant paragraph may, depending on the circumstances, notwithstanding the provisions of the relevant paragraph, be an amount exceeding 10,000,000 yen and not exceeding the amount equivalent to the amount not remitted, the amount of tax evaded or the amount refunded.
In addition to the case prescribed in paragraph (2), if a person evades all or part of the light oil delivery tax to be paid under the provisions of Article 144-18 by failing to file the return under the items of paragraph (1) of that Article by the deadline for filing the return prescribed in those items, the person who committed the violation is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than 5,000,000 yen, or both.
第二項に規定するもののほか、第百四十四条の十八第一項各号の規定による申告書を当該各号に規定する申告書の提出期限までに提出しないことにより、同条の規定により納付すべき軽油引取税の全部又は一部を免れたときは、その違反行為をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
If the amount of tax evaded as referred to in the preceding paragraph exceeds 5,000,000 yen, the amount of the fine referred to in that paragraph may, in light of the circumstances, notwithstanding that paragraph, be an amount exceeding 5,000,000 yen and not exceeding the amount of the tax evaded.
Where 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 paragraphs (1) through (3) or paragraph (5) in connection with the business of that juridical person or individual, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in the relevant paragraph is to be imposed on that juridical person or individual.
法人の代表者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に関して第一項から第三項まで又は第五項の違反行為をした場合には、その行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対し、当該各項の罰金刑を科する。
In the case where a fine is imposed on a juridical person or individual pursuant to the preceding paragraph for a violation referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) or paragraph (5), the period of prescription is governed by the period of prescription for the offenses under those paragraphs.
前項の規定により第一項から第三項まで又は第五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、これらの項の罪についての時効の期間による。
Read this with the articles around it
remittancemachine translation
「納入金」
Local tax that a special collector (特別徴収義務者) collects and must pay in to the local government.
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law
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.