If an employer falls under any of the following items without justifiable grounds, the employer is subject to imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
事業主が、正当な理由がなくて次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、六月以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
the employer fails to submit a notification, in violation of the provisions of Article 48 (including when applied mutatis mutandis to Article 168, paragraph (2)), or submits a false notification;
the employer fails to give notice, in violation of the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (2) (including when applied mutatis mutandis in Article 50, paragraph (2)), or submits a false notice;
the employer does not pay an insurance premium by the due date prescribed by a demand notice in violation of the provisions of Article 161, paragraph (2) or Article 169, paragraph (7);
the employer fails to pay an insurance premium in violation of the provisions of Article 169, paragraph (2), fails to keep record books in violation of the provisions of Article 171, paragraph (1), or fails to make a report or makes a false report in violation of the provisions of the same paragraph or paragraph (2) of the same Article; or
the employer fails to submit or present reports or materials pursuant to Article 198, paragraph (1) (including officials of JPS prescribed in Article 198, paragraph (1) applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 204-5, paragraph (2), and the staff of JHIA prescribed in Article 198, paragraph (1) by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 204-8, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following Article), fails to answer a question asked by the relevant official pursuant to the same paragraph, or answers the question untruthfully thereto, or refuses, obstructs, or evades an inspection conducted pursuant to the same paragraph.
第百九十八条第一項の規定による文書その他の物件の提出若しくは提示をせず、又は同項の規定による当該職員（第二百四条の五第二項において読み替えて適用される第百九十八条第一項に規定する機構の職員及び第二百四条の八第二項において読み替えて適用される第百九十八条第一項に規定する協会の職員を含む。次条において同じ。）の質問に対して、答弁せず、若しくは虚偽の答弁をし、若しくは第百九十八条第一項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避したとき。