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罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal d…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
簡易裁判所
One of the four kinds of lower court (下級裁判所) beneath the Supreme Court, with the high courts (高等裁判所), the district courts (地方裁判所) and the family courts (家庭裁判所) (Courts Act, Article…
Written by AI using Courts Act, Arts. 1, 2, 33 and Civil Mediation Act, Art. 3 as a reference.
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.
拘留
A short criminal punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設) for one day to less than thirty days (Penal Code, Article 16, paragraph (1)). As with imprisonment (拘禁刑), th…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 16 as a reference.
執行猶予
A court's decision, when it passes a sentence, to hold off carrying it out. A person sentenced to imprisonment (拘禁刑) of three years or less or a fine (罰金) of 500,000 yen or less wh…
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 25 to 27-2 as a reference.
罰金等の請求権
A claim for a fine (罰金), petty fine (科料), court costs in a criminal case, a sum collected in place of confiscation (追徴金) or a civil fine (過料).
届出をした破産債権者
A bankruptcy creditor (破産債権者) who has filed proof of a bankruptcy claim under Article 111, 112 or 114.
The claims Article 99, paragraph (1) lists — those in Article 97, items (i) to (vii), such as interest and damages for nonperformance arising after bankruptcy proceedings begin, and the parts of certain interest-free or periodic-payment claims falling due after commencement that items (ii) to (iv) calculate — which rank behind the other bankruptcy claims (破産債権) except consensually-subordinated bankruptcy claims (約定劣後破産債権).
In Article 158, the written notice ordering an offender in an indirect national tax case to pay sums equal to the fine and other amounts (or that notice as corrected under Article 157, paragraph (3)); if it is not complied with within 20 days, the case must be reported to the public prosecutor.
The written notice (通告) under Article 22-28, paragraph 1 by which the head of a local government (地方団体の長) tells an offender in an indirect local tax (間接地方税) case to pay sums equal to the fine and other amounts, or that notice as corrected under paragraph 3 of that Article; if it is not complied with within 20 days, the case must be reported to the public prosecutor.
In Article 27, the period that starts on the day a fully suspended sentence's suspension of execution (刑の全部の執行猶予) ends, during which the sentence stays in effect because the person has been charged (公訴の提起) with a further crime, punishable by a fine or heavier, committed during the suspension; it lasts until the suspension can no longer be revoked under Article 27(4) or (5).