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Article 23Penal Provisions

第二十三条(罰則)

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years, a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:

次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは三百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。

a person who has been delivered a passport or travel document by entering a false statement in the documents concerning an application or request based on this Act, or by other wrongful acts;

この法律に基づく申請又は請求に関する書類に虚偽の記載をすることその他不正の行為によつて当該申請又は請求に係る旅券又は渡航書の交付を受けた者

a person who uses a passport or travel document under another person's name;

他人名義の旅券又は渡航書を行使した者

a person who transfers or lends a passport or travel document under their name to another person for the purpose of using it;

行使の目的をもつて、自己名義の旅券又は渡航書を他人に譲り渡し、又は貸与した者

a person who transfers or lends, acquires or borrows, or carries a passport or travel document under another person's name for the purpose of using it;

行使の目的をもつて、他人名義の旅券又は渡航書を譲り渡し、若しくは貸与し、譲り受け、若しくは借り受け、又は所持した者

a person who transfers or lends, acquires or borrows, or carries a document that has been forged as a passport or travel document for the purpose of using it;

行使の目的をもつて、旅券又は渡航書として偽造された文書を譲り渡し、若しくは貸与し、譲り受け、若しくは借り受け、又は所持した者

a person who has been ordered to return their passport pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1), and has failed to return it within the period provided for in that paragraph; or

第十九条第一項の規定により旅券の返納を命ぜられた場合において、同項に規定する期限内にこれを返納しなかつた者

a person who uses a passport or travel document that has expired.

効力を失つた旅券又は渡航書を行使した者

A person who commits an offense referred to in item (i), item (iv), or item (v) of the preceding paragraph for profit is punished by imprisonment for not more than seven years, a fine of not more than five million yen, or both.

営利の目的をもつて、前項第一号、第四号又は第五号の罪を犯した者は、七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。

An attempt to commit the offense referred to in paragraph (1) (excluding the part related to possession referred to in item (iv) and item (v), and excluding item (vi)) and the preceding paragraph (excluding the part related to possession referred to in paragraph (1), item (iv) and item (v)) is punished.

第一項(第四号及び第五号の所持に係る部分並びに第六号を除く。)及び前項(第一項第四号及び第五号の所持に係る部分を除く。)の未遂罪は、罰する。

A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by a fine of not more than 300 thousand yen:

次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

a person who has travelled to a region other than the destination stated in the ordinary passport; or

一般旅券に記載された渡航先以外の地域に渡航した者

in the case the transit point for returning to Japan has been designated, a person who has traveled to a region other than that transit point.

渡航書に帰国の経由地が指定されている場合において、経由地以外の地域に渡航した者

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