A person who causes a flood to damage a building, train, tram, or a mine that is being used as a dwelling or in which a person is actually present is punished by the death penalty or imprisonment for life or for a definite term of 3 years or more.

①A person who causes a flood to damage any object not provided in the preceding Article and thereby endangers the public is punished by imprisonment for 1 year or more and 10 years or less.

②When the object damaged by a flood belongs to the offender, the provision of the preceding paragraph applies only when the object is subject to attachment, encumbrance, lease, the establishment of a spouse's right of residence or insurance.

In the event of a flood, a person who obstructs flood prevention by concealing or damaging flood prevention equipment or by any other means, is punished by imprisonment for one year or more and 10 years or less.

A person who causes a flood due to negligence either to damage an object provided for in Article 119 or to damage an object provided for in Article 120 and thereby endangers the public, is punished by a fine of not more than 200,000 yen.

A person who causes an embankment to collapse, destroys a water gate or commits any other acts to obstruct water management or to cause a flood is punished by imprisonment for 2 years or less or a fine of 200,000 yen or less.