Chapter VI Penal Provisions
第六章 罰則
第四十六条
When an order for measures is violated, the person who committed that violation is punished by imprisonment for not more than two years, or a fine of not more than three million yen.
措置命令に違反したときは、当該違反行為をした者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は三百万円以下の罰金に処する。
Both imprisonment and a fine may be imposed on a person who has committed the crime referred to in the preceding paragraph, depending on the circumstances.
前項の罪を犯した者には、情状により、拘禁刑及び罰金を併科することができる。
第四十七条
A person who has failed to make reports or submit objects or has made false reports or submitted false objects under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1), or refused, obstructed, or evaded inspection under the provisions of that paragraph, or failed to answer, or given false answers to the questions under the provisions of that paragraph, is subject to punishment by imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than three million yen.
第四十八条
If the case falls under any of the following items, the person who has committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than one million yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした者は、百万円以下の罰金に処する。
when a business operator has made a representation that misleads the general consumers into believing that the quality, standard, or other content of the goods or services that they supply in transactions are significantly superior than the actual quality, standard, or content, or those of other business operators supplying the same type of or similar goods or services as those of that business operator;
when an business operator makes a representation that misleads general consumers into believing that the price of the goods or services or other trade conditions of the goods or services the business operator supplies are significantly more favorable than the actual price or trade conditions, or than those of other business operators who supply the same type or similar goods and services;
第四十九条
When a representative of a corporation, or an agent, an employee, or other workers of a corporation or individual has committed a violation stated in the following items regarding the business or property of the corporation or individual, not only the offender is punished but also the corporation or that individual is subject to punishment by the fine prescribed in the respective items:
法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関して、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、当該各号に定める罰金刑を科する。
the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (1):a fine of not more than three hundred million yen; and
第四十六条第一項 三億円以下の罰金刑
the provisions of the preceding two Articles:a fine referred to in each Article.
前二条 各本条の罰金刑
When a representative, an administrator, an agent, an employee, or other workers of an organization without judicial personality has committed a violation stated in each item of the preceding paragraph regarding a business or property of the organization, not only the offender is punished but also the organization is subject to punishment by a fine prescribed in the respective items.
法人でない団体の代表者、管理人、代理人、使用人その他の従業者がその団体の業務又は財産に関して、前項各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その団体に対しても、当該各号に定める罰金刑を科する。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the representative or administrator represents the organization for its procedural acts, and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) apply mutatis mutandis to procedural acts for cases in which a corporation is the defendant or the suspect.
前項の場合においては、代表者又は管理人が、その訴訟行為につきその団体を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の訴訟行為に関する刑事訴訟法(昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号)の規定を準用する。
第五十条
In the case of a violation referred to in Article 46, paragraph (1), the fine prescribed in that paragraph is also imposed on a representative of the corporation (excluding a corporation falling under a trade association), who has learned the plan for the violation but failed to take necessary measures to prevent the violation, or who has learned the violation but failed to take necessary measures to rectify that violation.
第五十一条
In the case of a violation referred to in Article 46, paragraph (1), the fine prescribed in that paragraph is also imposed on a director or other officers or administrators of the trade association, or its constituent business operators (if the officer, employee, agent, or other persons who performs acts for the benefit of a business operator are constituent business operators, including that business operator) who has learned the plan for violation but failed to take necessary measures to prevent the violation, or who has learned the violation but failed to take necessary measures to rectify the violation.
When directors or other officers, or administrators of the trade association prescribed in the preceding paragraph, or its constituent business operators are a corporation or other organizations, the provisions of that paragraph apply to directors or other officers, or administrators of that organization.
第五十二条
A qualified consumer organization that violates the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (3) and uses or provides information for purposes other than the purposes prescribed in that paragraph, is subject to punishment by a civil fine of not more than three hundred thousand yen.