Chapter X Penal Provisions
第十章 罰則
第五十三条（収賄、受託収賄及び事前収賄）
Moves to Article 55, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
An arbitrator who accepts, solicits, or promises to accept a bribe in connection with their duties is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years. In this case, when the arbitrator agrees to perform an act in response to a request, imprisonment for not more than seven years is imposed.
仲裁人が、その職務に関し、賄賂を収受し、又はその要求若しくは約束をしたときは、五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。この場合において、請託を受けたときは、七年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
Moves to Article 55, paragraph (2) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
If a person seeking to be appointed as an arbitrator has accepted a request to perform an act, and accepts, solicits or promises to accept a bribe in connection with a duty that they are to assume, and if the person is appointed as an arbitrator, that person is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years.
仲裁人になろうとする者が、その担当すべき職務に関し、請託を受けて、賄賂を収受し、又はその要求若しくは約束をしたときは、仲裁人となった場合において、五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
Article 54Passing of Bribes to a Third Party
第五十四条（第三者供賄）
Moves to Article 56, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
If an arbitrator that has accepted a request to perform an act in connection with their duties causes a bribe to be given to a third party or solicits or promises that bribe to be given to a third party, the arbitrator is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years.
仲裁人が、その職務に関し、請託を受けて、第三者に賄賂を供与させ、又はその供与の要求若しくは約束をしたときは、五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
Moves to Article 57, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
If an arbitrator commits a crime referred to in the preceding two Articles and consequently acts illegally or refrains from acting in the exercise of their duty, the arbitrator is subject to imprisonment for a definite term of not less than one year.
仲裁人が前二条の罪を犯し、よって不正な行為をし、又は相当の行為をしなかったときは、一年以上の有期拘禁刑に処する。
Moves to Article 57, paragraph (2) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply if an arbitrator accepts, solicits or promises to accept a bribe, or causes a bribe to be given to a third party or solicits or promises a bribe to be given to a third party, in connection with having acted illegally or having refrained from acting in the exercise of their duty.
仲裁人が、その職務上不正な行為をしたこと又は相当の行為をしなかったことに関し、賄賂を収受し、若しくはその要求若しくは約束をし、又は第三者にこれを供与させ、若しくはその供与の要求若しくは約束をしたときも、前項と同様とする。
Moves to Article 57, paragraph (3) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
If a person who was an arbitrator accepts, solicits or promises to accept a bribe in connection with having acted illegally or having refrained from acting in the exercise of their duties in response to a request while in office, the person is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years.
仲裁人であった者が、その在職中に請託を受けて職務上不正な行為をしたこと又は相当の行為をしなかったことに関し、賄賂を収受し、又はその要求若しくは約束をしたときは、五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
Moves to Article 58, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
A bribe accepted by an offender or by a third party who knows the circumstances is to be confiscated. When the whole or a part of the bribe cannot be confiscated, the value of that bribe is to be collected.
犯人又は情を知った第三者が収受した賄賂は、没収する。その全部又は一部を没収することができないときは、その価額を追徴する。
第五十七条（贈賄）
Changes and moves to Article 59, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
A person who gives, offers or promises to give a bribe provided for in Articles 53 through 55 is subject to imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than 2,500,000 yen.
第五十三条から第五十五条までに規定する賄賂を供与し、又はその申込み若しくは約束をした者は、三年以下の拘禁刑又は二百五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
Article 58Crimes Committed outside Japan
第五十八条（国外犯）
Changes and moves to Article 60, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
The provisions of Articles 53 through 56 apply to a person who has committed the crimes provided for in Articles 53 through 55 outside Japan.
第五十三条から第五十六条までの規定は、日本国外において第五十三条から第五十五条までの罪を犯した者にも適用する。
Moves to Article 60, paragraph (2) by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
The crimes under the preceding Article are governed by the provisions of Article 2 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907).
前条の罪は、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第二条の例に従う。
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.