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Article 162Crime of Obstructing or Otherwise Impeding Inspection

第百六十二条(検査の妨害等の罪)

In the cases falling under any of the following items, a person who has committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 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、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

if a person has refused, obstructed or avoided an inspection under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following item);

第二十九条第二項(第十六条第二項において準用する場合を含む。次号において同じ。)の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、又は忌避したとき。

if a person fails to present, under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (2), a document or matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record that are indicated by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, presents a false document or false matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record that are indicated by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, or fails to make a statement or makes a false statement in response to questions;

第二十九条第二項の規定による文書若しくは電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものの提示をせず、若しくは虚偽の文書若しくは電磁的記録に記録された事項を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものを提示し、又は質問に対し陳述をせず、若しくは虚偽の陳述をしたとき。

if, in violation of the provisions of Article 137, paragraph (5), a person has refused or obstructed an entry under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article.

第百三十七条第五項の規定に違反して、同条第一項の規定による立入りを拒み、又は妨げたとき。

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