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Chapter VI Penal Provisions

第六章 罰則

Article 46

第四十六条

When an order for measures is violated, the person who committed that violation is punished by imprisonment for not more than two years, or a fine of not more than three million yen.

措置命令に違反したときは、当該違反行為をした者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は三百万円以下の罰金に処する。

Both imprisonment and a fine may be imposed on a person who has committed the crime referred to in the preceding paragraph, depending on the circumstances.

前項の罪を犯した者には、情状により、拘禁刑及び罰金を併科することができる。

Article 47

第四十七条

A person who has failed to make reports or submit objects or has made false reports or submitted false objects under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1), or refused, obstructed, or evaded inspection under the provisions of that paragraph, or failed to answer, or given false answers to the questions under the provisions of that paragraph, is subject to punishment by imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than three million yen.

第二十五条第一項の規定による報告若しくは物件の提出をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告若しくは虚偽の物件の提出をし、又は同項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避し、若しくは同項の規定による質問に対して答弁をせず、若しくは虚偽の答弁をしたときは、当該違反行為をした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は三百万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 48

第四十八条

If the case falls under any of the following items, the person who has committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than one million yen:

次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした者は、百万円以下の罰金に処する。

when a business operator has made a representation that misleads the general consumers into believing that the quality, standard, or other content of the goods or services that they supply in transactions are significantly superior than the actual quality, standard, or content, or those of other business operators supplying the same type of or similar goods or services as those of that business operator;

自己の供給する商品又は役務の取引における当該商品又は役務の品質、規格その他の内容について、実際のもの又は当該事業者と同種若しくは類似の商品若しくは役務を供給している他の事業者に係るものよりも著しく優良であると一般消費者を誤認させるような表示をしたとき。

when an business operator makes a representation that misleads general consumers into believing that the price of the goods or services or other trade conditions of the goods or services the business operator supplies are significantly more favorable than the actual price or trade conditions, or than those of other business operators who supply the same type or similar goods and services;

自己の供給する商品又は役務の取引における当該商品又は役務の価格その他の取引条件について、実際のもの又は当該事業者と同種若しくは類似の商品若しくは役務を供給している他の事業者に係るものよりも取引の相手方に著しく有利であると一般消費者を誤認させるような表示をしたとき。

Article 49

第四十九条

When a representative of a corporation, or an agent, an employee, or other workers of a corporation or individual has committed a violation stated in the following items regarding the business or property of the corporation or individual, not only the offender is punished but also the corporation or that individual is subject to punishment by the fine prescribed in the respective items:

法人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て、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、その法人又は人に対しても、当該各号に定める罰金刑を科する。

the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (1):a fine of not more than three hundred million yen; and

第四十六条第一項 三億円以下の罰金刑

the provisions of the preceding two Articles:a fine referred to in each Article.

前二条 各本条の罰金刑

When a representative, an administrator, an agent, an employee, or other workers of an organization without judicial personality has committed a violation stated in each item of the preceding paragraph regarding a business or property of the organization, not only the offender is punished but also the organization is subject to punishment by a fine prescribed in the respective items.

法人でない団体の代表者、管理人、代理人、使用人その他の従業者がその団体の業務又は財産に関して、前項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、その団体に対しても、当該各号に定める罰金刑を科する。

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the representative or administrator represents the organization for its procedural acts, and the provisions of the apply mutatis mutandis to procedural acts for cases in which a corporation is the defendant or the suspect.

前項の場合においては、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、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の訴訟行為に関するの規定を準用する。

Article 50

第五十条

In the case of a violation referred to in Article 46, paragraph (1), the fine prescribed in that paragraph is also imposed on a representative of the corporation (excluding a corporation falling under a trade association), who has learned the plan for the violation but failed to take necessary measures to prevent the violation, or who has learned the violation but failed to take necessary measures to rectify that violation.

第四十六条第一項の違反があつた場合においては、その違反の計画を知り、その防止に必要な措置を講ぜず、又はその違反行為を知り、その是正に必要な措置を講じなかつた当該法人(当該法人で事業者団体に該当するものを除く。)の代表者に対しても、同項の罰金刑を科する。

Article 51

第五十一条

In the case of a violation referred to in Article 46, paragraph (1), the fine prescribed in that paragraph is also imposed on a director or other officers or administrators of the trade association, or its constituent business operators (if the officer, employee, agent, or other persons who performs acts for the benefit of a business operator are constituent business operators, including that business operator) who has learned the plan for violation but failed to take necessary measures to prevent the violation, or who has learned the violation but failed to take necessary measures to rectify the violation.

第四十六条第一項の違反があつた場合においては、その違反の計画を知り、その防止に必要な措置を講ぜず、又はその違反行為を知り、その是正に必要な措置を講じなかつた当該事業者団体の理事その他の役員若しくは管理人又はその構成事業者(事業者の利益のためにする行為を行う役員、従業員、代理人その他の者が構成事業者である場合には、当該事業者を含む。)に対しても、それぞれ同項の罰金刑を科する。

When directors or other officers, or administrators of the trade association prescribed in the preceding paragraph, or its constituent business operators are a corporation or other organizations, the provisions of that paragraph apply to directors or other officers, or administrators of that organization.

前項の規定は、同項に規定する事業者団体の理事その他の役員若しくは管理人又はその構成事業者が法人その他の団体である場合においては、当該団体の理事その他の役員又は管理人に、これを適用する。

Article 52

第五十二条

A qualified consumer organization that violates the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (3) and uses or provides information for purposes other than the purposes prescribed in that paragraph, is subject to punishment by a civil fine of not more than three hundred thousand yen.

第三十四条第三項の規定に違反して、情報を同項に定める目的以外の目的のために利用し、又は提供した適格消費者団体は、三十万円以下の過料に処する。

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