If a person related to a case is summoned to appear by the court or the mediation committee and fails to appear without legitimate grounds, that person is subject to a civil fine of not more than 50,000 yen.

If a party or participant does not comply with the measure ordered under the provisions of Article 12 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15) without legitimate grounds, the party or participant is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.

①An order of a civil fine as referred to in the preceding two Articles is to be executed based on a direction issued by a judge. This direction has the same effect as an enforceable title of obligation.

②Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Part V of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act (excluding the provisions of Article 119 and Article 121, paragraphs (1) and (3) of that Act and the provisions of Articles 120 and 122 of that Act concerning a prosecutor) and the provisions of the main clause of Article 508, paragraph (1) and (2), and Article 514 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) apply mutatis mutandis to an order for a civil fine.

If a civil mediation commissioner or a person who has held the post divulges any information on the proceedings of deliberations of the committee, the opinions of the chief mediator or civil mediation commissioner, or the number of opinions constituting the majority and the minority, they are subject to a fine of up to 300,000 yen.

If a civil mediation commissioner or a person who has held the post divulges any personal confidential information that has come to their knowledge in relation to the matters they have handled in the course of their duties without legitimate grounds, they are subject to imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to 500,000 yen.