第七十二条の八十九の二(地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織による申告の特例)
A business operator that is a specified corporation (meaning a specified corporation prescribed in Article 46-2, paragraph (2) of the Consumption Tax Act) (limited to business operators under the paragraphs of Article 72-87, Article 72-88, paragraphs (1) and (2), and the paragraphs of the preceding Article) must, notwithstanding the preceding three Articles, with respect to the filing of the transfer levy that is to be made by a return under the paragraphs of Article 72-87, Article 72-88, paragraph (1) or (2) or the paragraphs of the preceding Article pursuant to the preceding three Articles (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as a "tax return, etc."), provide the matters that are to be stated in the tax return, etc. (referred to as "matters stated in a return" in the following paragraph), as provided by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, to the governor of the prefecture taxing the transfer levy (in the case of a business operator referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the prefectural governor prescribed in that paragraph; the same applies in paragraph (3) and the following Article) by a method of using the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures (meaning the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures prescribed in Article 762, item (i); the same applies in the following Article) and going via the Local Tax Joint Organization (referred to as "the Organization" in paragraph (3) and paragraph (12) of the following Article), as provided by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
特定法人(消費税法第四十六条の二第二項に規定する特定法人をいう。)である事業者(第七十二条の八十七各項、第七十二条の八十八第一項及び第二項並びに前条各項の事業者に限る。)は、前三条の規定により、第七十二条の八十七各項、第七十二条の八十八第一項若しくは第二項又は前条各項の規定による申告書(以下この条及び次条において「納税申告書等」という。)により行うこととされている譲渡割の申告については、前三条の規定にかかわらず、総務省令で定めるところにより、納税申告書等に記載すべきものとされている事項(次項において「申告書記載事項」という。)を、総務省令で定めるところにより、地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織(第七百六十二条第一号に規定する地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織をいう。次条において同じ。)を使用し、かつ、地方税共同機構(第三項及び次条第十二項において「機構」という。)を経由して行う方法により譲渡割課税道府県の知事(前条第二項の事業者にあつては、同項に規定する道府県知事。第三項及び次条において同じ。)に提供することにより、行わなければならない。
With respect to a filing under the preceding paragraph made pursuant to that paragraph, the provisions of this Act or orders under it, and the provisions of other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order, apply as though it had been made by a tax return, etc. stating the matters stated in a return.
A filing under paragraph (1) made pursuant to that paragraph is deemed to have reached the governor of the prefecture taxing the transfer levy prescribed in that paragraph at the time when it is recorded in a file kept on a computer (including its input-output device) used by the Organization referred to in Article 762, item (i).
第七十二条の八十九の三(地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織による申告が困難である場合の特例)
Where a business operator referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is found to have difficulty using the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures due to a failure of a telecommunications line, a disaster or any other reason, and is found to be able to file a tax return, etc. without applying that paragraph, if it has received the approval of the governor of the prefecture taxing the transfer levy prescribed in that paragraph for filing a tax return, etc. without applying that paragraph, the provisions of that Article do not apply to the filing under that paragraph made within the period designated by the governor of that prefecture taxing the transfer levy. The same applies to a filing under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article made within the period designated by the district director under Article 46-3, paragraph (1) of the Consumption Tax Act (including the period deemed to have been so designated as that period under paragraph (5) of that Article) in the case where a business operator referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article that has submitted the written application referred to in Article 46-3, paragraph (2) of that Act to the district director having jurisdiction over its place for tax payment under that paragraph has, by the day before the deadline for filing the tax return, etc., or attached to the tax return, etc. by that deadline, submitted to the governor of the prefecture taxing the transfer levy prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article a document specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications stating that it has not received the approval under Article 46-3, paragraph (1) of that Act or the disposition of dismissal under paragraph (3) of that Article.
前条第一項の事業者が、電気通信回線の故障、災害その他の理由により地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織を使用することが困難であると認められる場合で、かつ、同項の規定を適用しないで納税申告書等を提出することができると認められる場合において、同項の規定を適用しないで納税申告書等を提出することについて同項に規定する譲渡割課税道府県の知事の承認を受けたときは、当該譲渡割課税道府県の知事が指定する期間内に行う同項の申告については、同条の規定は、適用しない。消費税法第四十六条の三第二項の規定により同項の申請書をその納税地を所轄する税務署長に提出した前条第一項の事業者が、同法第四十六条の三第一項の承認を受け、又は同条第三項の却下の処分を受けていない旨を記載した総務省令で定める書類を、納税申告書等の提出期限の前日までに、又は納税申告書等に添付して当該提出期限までに、前条第一項に規定する譲渡割課税道府県の知事に提出した場合における当該税務署長が同法第四十六条の三第一項の規定により指定する期間(同条第五項の規定により当該期間として当該指定があつたものとみなされた期間を含む。)内に行う前条第一項の申告についても、同様とする。
A business operator seeking the approval referred to in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph must submit a written application stating the circumstances making it necessary to be subject to the application of the first sentence of that paragraph, the period for which it seeks designation under the first sentence of that paragraph, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, with documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications attached, to the governor of the prefecture taxing the transfer levy prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, by 15 days before the start date of that period (or, where the date on which the reason prescribed in the preceding paragraph arose is on or after the day 15 days before the deadline for filing the return under Article 72-88, paragraph (1) (for a return under paragraph (2) of that Article, the deadline for filing on the assumption that the return were a return under paragraph (1) of that Article), and that deadline falls within that period, by that start date).
前項前段の承認を受けようとする事業者は、同項前段の規定の適用を受けることが必要となつた事情、同項前段の規定による指定を受けようとする期間その他総務省令で定める事項を記載した申請書に総務省令で定める書類を添付して、当該期間の開始の日の十五日前まで(同項に規定する理由が生じた日が第七十二条の八十八第一項の規定による申告書の提出期限(同条第二項の規定による申告書にあつては、当該申告書が同条第一項の規定による申告書であるとした場合の提出期限)の十五日前の日以後である場合において、当該提出期限が当該期間内の日であるときは、当該開始の日まで)に、これを前条第一項に規定する譲渡割課税道府県の知事に提出しなければならない。
When the written application referred to in the preceding paragraph has been submitted, the prefectural governor may dismiss the application if the governor finds that the circumstances referred to in that paragraph relating to the application are not appropriate.
When a prefectural governor, where the written application under paragraph (2) has been submitted, grants the approval referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or makes the disposition of dismissal under the preceding paragraph on that application, the governor must notify the business operator that submitted the application to that effect in writing.
Where the written application referred to in paragraph (2) has been submitted and neither the approval referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) nor the disposition of dismissal under paragraph (3) has been made by the start date of the period, stated in that written application, for which the applicant intends to receive designation under the first sentence of paragraph (1), the approval is deemed to have been given on that day, and designation under the first sentence of paragraph (1) is deemed to have been made with that period as the period referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1).
If a prefectural governor finds that a business operator that is subject to the application of the first sentence of paragraph (1) no longer has difficulty in using the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures, the governor may rescind the approval referred to in the first sentence of that paragraph.
道府県知事は、第一項前段の規定の適用を受けている事業者につき、地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織を使用することが困難でなくなつたと認める場合には、同項前段の承認を取り消すことができる。
When a prefectural governor makes the disposition referred to in the preceding paragraph, the governor must notify the business operator concerned in that disposition to that effect in writing.
道府県知事は、前項の処分をするときは、その処分に係る事業者に対し、書面によりその旨を通知しなければならない。
A business operator that is subject to the application of paragraph (1), when it wishes to cease being subject to the application of paragraph (1) with respect to the filing under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, must submit to the governor of the prefecture taxing the transfer levy prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article a written notification stating that fact and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
If, with respect to a business operator subject to the application of the first sentence of paragraph (1), the disposition referred to in paragraph (6) or the submission of the written notification referred to in the preceding paragraph is made, the first sentence of paragraph (1) does not apply to a filing under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article made within the period referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) on or after the day following the day on which that disposition was made or that written notification was submitted; provided, however, that this does not apply where that business operator newly receives, on or after that day, the approval referred to in the first sentence of that paragraph.
If, with respect to a business operator subject to the application of the second sentence of paragraph (1), the submission of the written notification referred to in paragraph (8) or the disposition under Article 46-3, paragraph (3) or (6) of the Consumption Tax Act is made, the second sentence of paragraph (1) does not apply to a filing under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article made within the period referred to in the second sentence of paragraph (1) on or after the day following the day on which that written notification was submitted or that disposition was made; provided, however, that this does not apply where that business operator newly submits, on or after that day, the document referred to in the second sentence of that paragraph.
If, where a report has been made under Article 790-2, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications finds that, due to a failure of the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures or any other reason, there is a large number of business operators referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article who are found to have difficulty making the filing under that paragraph pursuant to that paragraph, the Minister may designate a period during which a tax return, etc. may be filed without applying that paragraph.
When the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications has made the designation under the preceding paragraph, the Minister must immediately give public notice to that effect and notify the prefectural governors and the Organization.
When public notice has been given under the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding paragraph (1), with respect to a filing under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article made within the period designated by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications under paragraph (11), the provisions of that Article do not apply.
Article 72-90Special Provisions on Requests for Reassessment
第七十二条の九十(更正の請求の特例)
A business operator that has filed a return under Article 72-88, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 72-89, paragraph (1) or (2) may, if, in consequence of having received a reassessment by a national tax office with respect to the amount of consumption tax that formed the basis of calculating the amount of the transfer levy relating to that return, or the amount of the refund equivalent to the shortfall referred to in Article 72-88, paragraph (2), the amount of the transfer levy relating to that return becomes excessive or the amount of the refund relating to the transfer levy becomes insufficient, only within two months from the day on which the national tax office gave notice of that reassessment, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, make a request for reassessment to the prefectural governor with respect to that amount of the transfer levy or the amount of the refund relating to the transfer levy. In this case, the written request for reassessment prescribed in Article 20-9-3, paragraph (3) must state, in addition to the matters prescribed in that paragraph, the day on which the national tax office gave notice of that reassessment.
第七十二条の八十八第一項若しくは第二項又は第七十二条の八十九第一項若しくは第二項の申告書を提出した事業者は、当該申告書に係る譲渡割額の算定の基礎となつた消費税の額又は第七十二条の八十八第二項の不足額に相当する還付金の額について税務官署の更正を受けたことに伴い当該申告書に係る譲渡割額が過大となる場合又は譲渡割に係る還付金の額が過少となる場合には、税務官署が当該更正の通知をした日から二月以内に限り、総務省令で定めるところにより、道府県知事に対し、当該譲渡割額又は譲渡割に係る還付金の額につき、更正の請求をすることができる。この場合においては、第二十条の九の三第三項に規定する更正請求書には、同項に規定する事項のほか、税務官署が当該更正の通知をした日を記載しなければならない。
Article 72-91Offenses of False Interim Returns Concerning the Transfer Levy
第七十二条の九十一(譲渡割に係る虚偽の中間申告に関する罪)
If a person submits a return under any paragraph of Article 72-87 that states the amount set forth in Article 43, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Consumption Tax Act with a false entry, 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.
第七十二条の八十七各項の規定による申告書で消費税法第四十三条第一項第四号に掲げる金額を記載したものに虚偽の記載をして提出したときは、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。
If the representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or individual, has committed a violation referred to in the preceding paragraph in connection with the business or property of that corporation or individual, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in that paragraph is to be imposed on that corporation or individual.
Where the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without juridical personality, in addition to the representative or administrator of the association or foundation without juridical personality representing it in its procedural acts, the provisions of laws and regulations concerning criminal proceedings in the case where a corporation is the defendant or suspect apply mutatis mutandis.
人格のない社団等について前項の規定の適用がある場合には、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につき当該人格のない社団等を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
Article 72-92Offenses of Intentional Failure to File Concerning the Transfer Levy
第七十二条の九十二(譲渡割に係る故意不申告の罪)
If a person, without justifiable grounds, fails to file a return under Article 72-88, paragraph (1) by the deadline for filing, 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; provided, however, that the punishment may be remitted in light of the circumstances.
正当な理由がなくて第七十二条の八十八第一項の規定による申告書をその提出期限までに提出しなかつたときは、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。ただし、情状により、その刑を免除することができる。
If the representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or individual, has committed a violation referred to in the preceding paragraph in connection with the business or property of that corporation or individual, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in that paragraph is to be imposed on that corporation or individual.
Where the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without juridical personality, in addition to the representative or administrator of the association or foundation without juridical personality representing it in its procedural acts, the provisions of laws and regulations concerning criminal proceedings in the case where a corporation is the defendant or suspect apply mutatis mutandis.
人格のない社団等について前項の規定の適用がある場合には、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につき当該人格のない社団等を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
Article 72-93Reassessment, Determination, etc. of the Transfer Levy
第七十二条の九十三(譲渡割の更正及び決定等)
If a return under Article 72-88, paragraph (1) or (2), or a return under any paragraph of Article 72-89 (excluding a return relating to a return under any paragraph of Article 72-87), has been filed, and the prefectural governor discovers through an investigation that the amount of consumption tax relating to that filing, or the amount of the transfer levy calculated with it as the tax base, differs from the amount of consumption tax that has been declared in a return, declared in an amended return, reassessed or determined in accordance with the provisions of laws concerning consumption tax (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "finalized amount of consumption tax"), or from the amount of the transfer levy to be calculated with it as the tax base, or discovers that the amount of the refund relating to the transfer levy in that filing differs from what the governor has investigated, the governor is to reassess the finalized amount of consumption tax relating to that filing or the amount of the transfer levy calculated with it as the tax base (referred to as the "transfer levy amount, etc." in paragraphs (3) and (4)), or the amount of the refund relating to the transfer levy.
道府県知事は、第七十二条の八十八第一項若しくは第二項の規定による申告書又は第七十二条の八十九各項の規定による申告書(第七十二条の八十七各項の規定による申告書に係るものを除く。)の提出があつた場合において、当該申告に係る消費税額若しくはこれを課税標準として算定した譲渡割額がその調査により、消費税に関する法律の規定により申告し、修正申告し、更正され、若しくは決定された消費税額(以下本項において「確定消費税額」という。)若しくはこれを課税標準として算定すべき譲渡割額と異なることを発見したとき、又は当該申告に係る譲渡割に係る還付金の額がその調査したところと異なることを発見したときは、当該申告に係る確定消費税額若しくはこれを課税標準として算定した譲渡割額(第三項及び第四項において「譲渡割額等」という。)又は譲渡割に係る還付金の額を更正するものとする。
If a return under any paragraph of Article 72-87, or a return under any paragraph of Article 72-89 relating to that return, has been filed, and the prefectural governor discovers that the interim payment of the transfer levy relating to that filing differs from what the governor has investigated, the governor is to reassess that interim payment of the transfer levy.
If a taxpayer has not filed a return under Article 72-88, paragraph (1), the prefectural governor is to determine, based on an investigation, the transfer levy amount, etc. that should be declared.
道府県知事は、納税者が第七十二条の八十八第一項の規定による申告書を提出しなかつた場合においては、その調査により申告すべき譲渡割額等を決定するものとする。
If the prefectural governor has made a reassessment under paragraph (1), (2) or this paragraph or a determination under the preceding paragraph, and discovers that the transfer levy amount, etc., the amount of the refund relating to the transfer levy, or the interim payment of the transfer levy that was reassessed or determined differs from what the governor has investigated, the governor is to reassess that transfer levy amount, etc., amount of the refund relating to the transfer levy, or interim payment of the transfer levy.
If the prefectural governor has made a reassessment or determination under the preceding paragraphs, the governor must notify the taxpayer of it without delay.
道府県知事は、前各項の規定により更正し、又は決定した場合においては、遅滞なく、これを納税者に通知しなければならない。
If a reassessment under paragraph (1), (2) or (4) or a determination under paragraph (3) has been made and there is a tax deficiency (meaning the tax deficiency due to the reassessment or the tax amount due to the determination, and including the amount to be paid due to the amount of tax equivalent to the amount of the refund relating to the transfer levy having been excessive), a prefectural tax collection official must collect it with the day on which one month has elapsed from the day on which the notice under the preceding paragraph was given as the due date for payment.
tax collection officialmachine translation
「徴税吏員」
A prefectural governor (道府県知事) or a prefectural employee the governor has delegated, or a mayor of a municipality (市町村長) or a municipal employee the mayor has delegated.
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
request for reassessmentmachine translation
「更正の請求」
A request under Article 20-9-3, paragraph 1 to the head of the local government (地方団体の長), by a person who filed a local tax return (申告書), to correct the tax base or tax amount in it because the tax was overstated, a loss understated or a refund understated through a calculation error or a failure to follow the law, made within five years of the statutory payment deadline, or within the later periods paragraph 2 of that Article allows.
Short name set inArticle 20-9-3, paragraph (2)· applies from here on, except in Article 72-48-2, paragraph (5); and Article 72-50, paragraph (3)
national tax officemachine translation
「税務官署」
A national tax office (国の税務官署); the prefectural governor may ask it, with the reasons in writing, to reassess or determine a corporation's corporation tax where the corporation's income seems understated or no return was filed and nothing was done within a year, and may turn to the office supervising it if it does not act within three months without good reason.
Short name set inArticle 72-40, paragraph (1)
prefecture taxing the transfer levymachine translation
「譲渡割課税道府県」
The prefecture where a business's place listed for its category in Article 72-78, paragraph 2 lies (an individual's address, residence or office, a corporation's head office or office, or a place a Cabinet Order (政令) sets), to whose governor the business files its returns of the transfer levy of the local consumption tax (譲渡割) and to which it pays it.
Short name set inArticle 72-87, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
interim payment of the transfer levymachine translation
「譲渡割の中間納付額」
The transfer levy of the local consumption tax (譲渡割) that a business must pay for a taxable period by its interim returns under Article 72-87, as changed by a later return or a reassessment (更正), which is subtracted from the amount stated on its final return.
Short name set inArticle 72-88, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection
electronic data processing system for local tax proceduresmachine translation
「地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織」
The electronic data processing system, defined in Article 762, item 1, that links by telecommunications lines the computers of the heads of administrative organs (行政機関の長) — heads of local governments, the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (総務大臣), the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency (国税庁長官), regional taxation bureau commissioners, district directors of tax offices and others a Cabinet Order (政令) sets —, of the Local Tax Joint Organization (地方税共同機構), and of the persons who file returns and other notices under local tax laws or receive notices from those heads.
Defined inArticle 72-89-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 72-89-3
the Organizationmachine translation
「機構」
The Local Tax Joint Organization (地方税共同機構), the body local governments (地方団体) run together to carry out the tax work the Local Tax Act assigns to it — among it running the electronic system through which local tax returns and notices are filed (地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織) — and to support local governments in their local tax work (Article 761).
Short name set inArticle 72-89-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 72-89-2, paragraph (3); and Article 72-89-3, paragraph (12)
matters stated in a returnmachine translation
「申告書記載事項」
The matters a tax return (納税申告書) must state, which a corporation or business that is a specified corporation (特定法人) must provide to the prefectural governor or municipal mayor through the electronic data processing system for local tax procedures (地方税関係手続用電子情報処理組織) by way of the Local Tax Joint Organization (地方税共同機構), in place of filing the return.
Short name set inArticle 72-89-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 72-89-2, paragraph (2)
tax return, etc.machine translation
「納税申告書等」
A return for the transfer levy (譲渡割) of local consumption tax (地方消費税) filed under Article 72-87, Article 72-88, paragraph 1 or 2, or Article 72-89.
Short name set inArticle 72-89-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 72-89-3
transfer levy amount, etc.machine translation
「譲渡割額等」
The confirmed consumption tax amount (確定消費税額), meaning the consumption tax as filed, amended, reassessed or determined under the consumption tax laws, or the transfer levy of the local consumption tax (譲渡割) computed on it, to which the prefectural governor corrects a return in a reassessment (更正) under Article 72-93, paragraph 1.
Short name set inArticle 72-93, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 72-93, paragraphs (3) and (4)
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.
district director
税務署長
The head of a tax office (税務署), the local office of the National Tax Agency that deals with taxpayers in its district (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Article 24). It is the office a person usually deals with: an income tax return is filed with a district director (Income Tax Act, Article 120, paragraph (1)), and reassessments, determinations and the collection of national tax are done by the district director for the taxpayer's current place for tax payment (Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Articles 30 and 43). A person who objects to what a district director has decided can ask that director to look at it again (再調査の請求) or go straight to the National Tax Tribunal (Article 75, paragraph (1), item (i)) — unless the notice of the decision says officials of a Regional Taxation Bureau or of the National Tax Agency investigated, in which case it counts as the regional commissioner's decision, with the same choice, or as the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency's, which can only be challenged by a request for review to the Commissioner (Article 75, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance, Art. 24, Act on General Rules for National Taxes, Arts. 30, 43, 75 and Income Tax Act, Art. 120 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.