Changes on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If the representative of a corporation (including an organization that falls under any of the categories of organizations prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1), items (ii), (iv), and (v), Article 27, paragraph (14), Article 27-2, paragraph (7), Article 28, paragraph (9), Article 28-2, paragraph (7), and Article 55-5, paragraph (3); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), or an agent, employee or any other worker of a corporation or individual commits a violation referred to in any of the provisions stated in the following items with regard to the business or assets of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being punished, the corporation is subject to the fine specified in the relevant item and the individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article:
法人（第二十六条第一項第二号、第四号及び第五号、第二十七条第十四項、第二十七条の二第七項、第二十八条第九項、第二十八条の二第七項並びに第五十五条の五第三項に規定する団体に該当するものを含む。以下この項において同じ。）の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。
Article 69-7, paragraph (2):a fine of not more than one billion yen (or if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds one billion yen, a fine of not more than five times that value);
第六十九条の七第二項 十億円以下（当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が十億円を超えるときは、当該価格の五倍以下）の罰金刑
Article 69-7, paragraph (1):a fine of not more than 700 million yen (or if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 700 million yen, a fine of not more than five times that value);
第六十九条の七第一項 七億円以下（当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が七億円を超えるときは、当該価格の五倍以下）の罰金刑
Article 69-8:a fine of not more than 500 million yen (or if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 500 million yen, a fine of not more than five times that value);
第六十九条の八 五億円以下（当該違反行為の目的物の価格の五倍が五億円を超えるときは、当該価格の五倍以下）の罰金刑
Article 70-2:a fine of not more than 300 million yen; or
第七十条の二 三億円以下の罰金刑
Article 70 or the preceding two Articles:the fine referred to in the relevant Article.
The period of statute of limitations for imposing a fine on a corporation or individual due to the violation referred to in Article 69-7 or Article 69-8 pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the period of statute of limitations for the offense referred to in the relevant Article.
Changes on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
If an organization that falls within any of the categories of organizations prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1), items (ii), (iv), and (v); Article 27, paragraph (14); Article 27-2, paragraph (7); Article 28, paragraph (9); Article 28-2, paragraph (7); and Article 55-5, paragraph (3) is to be punished, the representative or administrator of the organization represents the organization with regard to procedural acts, and the provisions of laws on criminal proceedings applicable if a corporation is the accused apply mutatis mutandis to them.
第二十六条第一項第二号、第四号及び第五号、第二十七条第十四項、第二十七条の二第七項、第二十八条第九項、第二十八条の二第七項並びに第五十五条の五第三項に規定する団体に該当するものを処罰する場合においては、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につきその団体を代表するほか、法人を被告人とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
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assets
「財産」
Assets, including means of payment (支払手段), electronic payment instruments (電子決済手段等), precious metals (貴金属), securities (証券), claims (債権) and goods (貨物).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xvi)
fine
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 detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.