A person who violates the provisions of Article 5 is punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than ten years or by a fine of not less than 200,000 yen and not more than 3,000,000 yen.
A person who violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 56, Article 63 or Article 64-2 is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
A person who violates an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 70 (limited to those parts of that Order relating to Article 63 or Article 64-2) is also governed by the preceding paragraph.
第百十九条
第一項
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
a person who violates an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 70 (limited to those parts of that Order relating to the provisions of Article 62 or Article 64-3).
第百二十条
第一項
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。
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
a person who violates the provisions of Article 14, Article 15, paragraph (1) or (3), Article 18, paragraph (7), Article 22, paragraphs (1) through (3), Articles 23 through 27, Article 32-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 32-3, paragraph (4), Article 32-4, paragraph (4) and Article 32-5, paragraph (3)), Article 32-5, paragraph (2), the proviso to Article 33, paragraph (1), Article 38-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38-3, paragraph (2)), Article 39, paragraph (7), Articles 57 through 59, Article 64, Article 68, Article 89, Article 90, paragraph (1), Article 91, Article 95, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 96-2, paragraph (1), Article 105 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (3)), or Articles 106 through 109;
二
第七十条の規定に基づいて発する厚生労働省令(第十四条の規定に係る部分に限る。)に違反した者
a person who violates an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued based on the provisions of Article 70 (limited to the parts of that Order relating to the provisions of Article 14);
三
第九十二条第二項又は第九十六条の三第二項の規定による命令に違反した者
a person who violates an Order under the provisions of Article 92, paragraph (2), or Article 96-3, paragraph (2);
a person who has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection by a labor standards inspector or by the Director-General of the Women's Management Bureau or an official of that Bureau designated by the Director-General under the provisions of Article 101 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 100, paragraph (3)); has not made statements or has made false statements in response to their questioning; has not submitted books and records to them; or has submitted books and records containing false entries;
五
第百四条の二の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は出頭しなかつた者
a person who has failed to give a report, has given a false report, or has failed to appear under the provisions of Article 104-2.
If a person who violates this Act is an agent, employee, or other staff member who was acting on behalf of the person in control of the business in connection with a matter concerning a worker at that business, the person in control of the business is also subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person in control of the business has taken the necessary measures to prevent that violation (if the person in control of the business is a corporation, their representative is deemed to be the person in control of the business; and if the person in control of the business is a minor or an adult ward without the same legal capacity to act as an adult in connection with that business, their statutory representative is deemed to be the person in control of the business (if the statutory representative is a corporation, their representative); the same applies below in this Article).
If the person in control of the business learns of a planned violation but does not take any necessary measures to prevent it, knows of a violation but does not take any necessary measures to rectify it, or instigates that violation, the person in control of the business is also punished as a violator.