Article 169Offenses Relating to Delinquent Tax Collection Procedures for Automobile Tax

①If a taxpayer of automobile tax, for the purpose of evading the execution of a delinquent tax collection procedure, conceals or damages property, disposes of it to the detriment of the prefecture, falsely increases the encumbrances on the property, or alters its current state and thereby reduces the value of the property or increases the expenses for the delinquent tax collection procedure, that person is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than 2,500,000 yen, or both.

②The same applies where a third party in possession of the property of a taxpayer commits an act referred to in the preceding paragraph for the purpose of enabling the taxpayer to evade the execution of a delinquent tax collection procedure.

③If a person, knowing the circumstances, becomes the counterparty of the taxpayer or of the third party in possession of the property in an act referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the person who committed the violation as the counterparty is to be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or a fine of not more than 1,500,000 yen, or both.

④If a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or a person, commits a violation prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs in connection with the business or property of that corporation or person, then in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in the relevant paragraphs is imposed on that corporation or person.