The law as Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Act on Special Provisions for Applications for Landing by Foreign Nationals Holding Passports Referred to in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 32 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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Chapter VI Penal Provisions第六章 罰則
Article 42第四十二条
Article 42, paragraph (1)
A person who has, in violation of Article 30-26 or Article 30-30 (including the cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-13), divulged a secret is punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.
A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
Article 43, paragraph (1), item (i)
A person who has violated an order under Article 30-38, paragraph (5)
第三十条の三十八第五項の規定による命令に違反した者
Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii)
A person listed below who has provided or misappropriated matters learned in connection with that person's affairs for the purpose of securing an improper benefit for the person or a third party:
An employee of a municipality who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the basic resident register or a family register supplement
住民基本台帳又は戸籍の附票に関する事務に従事する市町村の職員又は職員であつた者
Article 43, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b)
A person who is or was engaged in the processing of affairs concerning the basic resident register or a family register supplement, carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from the mayor of a municipality
An employee of a prefecture who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), or family register supplement identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-41, paragraph (1)
A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), or family register supplement identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-41, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from the prefectural governor
An officer or employee of the Agency who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information or family register supplement identity confirmation information, or a person who held such a position
A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), or family register supplement identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-42, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from the Agency
An employee of a recipient, or of a recipient of family register supplement information prescribed in Article 30-28, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-13 (referred to as "recipient of family register supplement information" in (h)), who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc., or received family register supplement identity confirmation information, etc.
A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc., or received family register supplement identity confirmation information, etc. prescribed in Article 30-28, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-13, carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from a recipient or a recipient of family register supplement information
A person who has, in violation of Article 35, divulged a secret is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
第三十五条の規定に違反して秘密を漏らした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
Article 45第四十五条
Article 45, paragraph (1)
A person who has violated an order under Article 11-2, paragraph (9) or (10) is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 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。
Article 46, paragraph (1), item (i)
A person who has failed to make a report or has made a false report under Article 11-2, paragraph (11) or Article 30-39, paragraph (1), or has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under that paragraph
A person who, by deception or other wrongful means, has been issued a copy of the certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in Articles 12 through 12-3 (including the cases where these provisions are applied with the terms therein replaced pursuant to Article 30-51), has been issued a copy of the certificate of residence prescribed in Article 12-4 (including the cases where it is applied with the terms therein replaced pursuant to Article 30-51), has been issued a copy of the removed certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in removed certificate of residence prescribed in Article 15-4 (including the cases where it is applied with the terms therein replaced pursuant to Article 30-51), has been issued a copy of the family register supplement prescribed in Article 20, or has been issued a copy of the removed family register supplement prescribed in Article 21-3
When any of the following items applies, an officer or employee of the Agency who has committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
When, in violation of Article 30-18 (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-9), the Agency has failed to keep books, has failed to make an entry in books, has made a false entry in books, or has failed to preserve books.
When the Agency has failed to make a report or has made a false report under Article 30-20, paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-9; hereinafter the same applies in this item), or has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under that paragraph.
When the representative or administrator of a corporation (including an organization that is not a corporation for which a representative or administrator is provided; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), or an agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or a person, has, in connection with the business of that corporation or person, committed a violation under Article 43, item (i), Article 45, or Article 46, item (i), the offender is punished, and the fine prescribed in the relevant Article is also imposed on the corporation or person.
If the preceding paragraph is applied to an organization that is not a corporation, its representative or administrator is to represent the organization that is not a corporation with respect to procedural acts, and the provisions of laws governing criminal proceedings that have a corporation as the defendant or the accused apply mutatis mutandis.
A person who has failed to answer, or has made a false statement in response to, a question under Article 34, paragraph (3), or has refused, obstructed, or evaded the presentation of a document, or has presented a false document, is punished by a fine of not more than 50,000 yen.
The provisions of Article 42 (limited to the part concerning Article 30-30, paragraph (2) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-13, and limited to the part concerning an official or former official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information or family register supplement identity confirmation information that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received the provision of, in connection with the processing of affairs listed in the right-hand column of row 41 of Appended Table 1)) and Article 43 (limited to the part concerning item (ii), (g) (limited to the part concerning an official or former official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who is or was engaged in that affairs)) also apply to a person who has committed a crime under these Articles outside Japan.
A person who, by deception or other wrongful means, has inspected or caused another person to inspect a partial copy of the basic resident register under Article 11-2, paragraph (1), or a person who, in violation of paragraph (7) of that Article, has used inspected information for a purpose other than the purpose of use, or has provided it to a person other than the person making the request, the inspector, the person designated by an individual applicant to handle inspected information, and the person designated by a corporate applicant to handle inspected information pertaining to that inspected information, is subject to a non-criminal fine of not more than 300,000 yen; provided, however, that this does not apply where a punishment should be imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 45.
A person who has, by deception or other wrongful means, received a disclosure under Article 30-32, paragraph (2) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-13) is subject to a non-criminal fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
A person who has made a false notification (including an additional statement under Article 28 through Article 30) in connection with a notification under Article 22 through Article 24, Article 25, or Article 30-46 through Article 30-48, is subject to a non-criminal fine of not more than 50,000 yen, except where a punishment should be imposed under the provisions of other laws and regulations.
A person who, without justifiable grounds, fails to make a notification under Article 22 through Article 24, Article 25, or Article 30-46 through Article 30-48, is subject to a non-criminal fine of not more than 50,000 yen.