National Pension Act

A person who has received a benefit by deception or other wrongful means is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen; provided, however, that if the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) contains an applicable provision, the Penal Code applies.

If a person violates an order under Article 30-38, paragraph (5) of the Residential Basic Book Act, as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the relevant terms pursuant to Article 108-4, the person who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

If a dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association fails, without justifiable grounds, to pay the amount to be collected under Article 95-2 by the time limit designated in the demand letter, its representative, agent, or employee, or other worker who committed the violation, is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

If the representative, agent, or employee, or other worker, of the National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association under the preceding paragraph commits the violation under that paragraph in connection with the business of that National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in that paragraph is also imposed on that National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association.

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:

An insured person who, in violation of Article 12, paragraph (1) or (5), made a false notification

A head of household who, when making a notification under Article 12, paragraph (2), made a false notification

An insured person who, having been ordered under Article 106, paragraph (1) to submit documents or other articles concerning the status of assets or income, failed to comply, or submitted false documents or other articles, or who failed to answer, or made a false statement in response to, questions by the relevant official under that paragraph (including an employee of the Japan Pension Service prescribed in Article 106, paragraph (1) as applied by replacing the relevant terms pursuant to Article 109-8, paragraph (2))

An insured person who, in violation of Article 12, paragraph (1) or (5), failed to make a notification is punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen; provided, however, that this does not apply if a notification has been made by the head of household under paragraph (2) of that Article.

If any of the following items apply, the person who committed the violation is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:

If a person failed to answer, or made a false statement in response to, questions by a collection officer under Article 141 of the National Tax Collection Act, whose precedent applies pursuant to Article 95

If a person refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under Article 141 of the National Tax Collection Act, whose precedent applies pursuant to Article 95

If a person, without justifiable grounds, failed to comply with a request for the presentation or submission of articles under Article 141 of the National Tax Collection Act, whose precedent applies pursuant to Article 95, or presented or submitted books, documents, or other articles containing a false entry or record

If a person failed to make a report, or made a false report, under Article 30-39, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act, as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the relevant terms pursuant to Article 108-4, or refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under that paragraph

If a person violated Article 109-2, paragraph (7)

If a person violated Article 109-3, paragraph (6)

If the representative of a juridical person (including an association or foundation without legal personality that has provisions for a representative or administrator (hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "association or foundation without legal personality"); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) (including the administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality), or an agent, employee, or other worker of a juridical person or an individual, commits the violation under Article 111-2 or the preceding Article (excluding item (v) and item (vi)) in connection with the business or property of that juridical person or individual, in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in the respective Article is also imposed on that juridical person or individual.

If the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without legal personality, its representative or administrator represents that association or foundation without legal personality with respect to the act of litigation, and the provisions of laws concerning criminal procedure that apply where a juridical person is the accused or a suspect apply mutatis mutandis.

An officer of the Japan Pension Service who falls under any of the following items is punished with a civil fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

If, in a case where the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must be obtained under Article 109-6, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 109-7, paragraph (1), Article 109-8, paragraph (1), and Article 109-11, paragraph (2), that authorization was not obtained

If a person violated an order under Article 109-7, paragraph (3)

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished with a civil fine not exceeding 100,000 yen:

An insured person who, in violation of Article 105, paragraph (1), failed to make a notification; provided, however, that this excludes the case where a notification has been made by the head of household under Article 12, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 105, paragraph (2)

An insured person who, in violation of Article 105, paragraph (1), made a false notification

A head of household who, when making a notification under Article 12, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 105, paragraph (2), made a false notification

A person obligated to notify a death under the provisions of the Family Register Act who, in violation of Article 105, paragraph (4), failed to make a notification