Chapter VI Penal Provisions
第六章 罰則
第七十二条
Any person who falls under one of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one million yen, or both:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、一年以下の拘禁刑若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
a person who runs a private lodging management business in violation of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1);
a person who has obtained registration referred to in Article 22, paragraph (1) or Article 46, paragraph (1) by wrongful means; or
a person who has another person run a private lodging management business or private lodging intermediary business in violation of the provisions of Article 30 or 54.
第七十三条
Any person who falls under one of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than one million yen, or both:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、六月以下の拘禁刑若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
a person who makes a false notification when submitting the notification referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1); or
第三条第一項の届出をする場合において虚偽の届出をした者
a person who violates an order under Article 16, paragraph (1) or (2).
第七十四条
Any person who violates an order under Article 42, paragraph (1) or Article 62, paragraph (1) is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen, or both.
第七十五条
Any person who violates the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) or Article 12 is punished by a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
第七十六条
Any person who falls under one of the following items is punished by a fine of not more than three hundred thousand yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
a person who fails to give a notification under Article 3, paragraph (4), Article 26, paragraph (1), Article 50, paragraph (1), or Article 55, paragraph (1), or gives a false notification;
any person who violates the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36), Article 13, Article 37, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 39, or Article 60, paragraph (1);
any person who fails to make a report under Article 14 or makes a false report;
第十四条の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をした者
any person who violates an order under Article 15, Article 41, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 55, paragraph (2), or Article 61, paragraph (1);
any person who fails to make a report under Article 17, paragraph (1), Article 45, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 66, paragraph (1), or makes a false report, or refuses, obstructs, or evades an inspection under these provisions, or fails to answer or makes a false answer to a question under these provisions;
any person who makes representations that are significantly different from the actual facts or representations that mislead persons into believing that they are significantly better or more advantageous than they are in reality, in violation of the provisions of Article 31;
第三十一条の規定に違反して、著しく事実に相違する表示をし、又は実際のものよりも著しく優良であり、若しくは有利であると人を誤認させるような表示をした者
a person who intentionally fails to state a fact or provides false information in violation of Article 32 (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) or Article 57 (limited to the part pertaining to item (i));
a person who fails to prepare books, fails to make entries in books or makes a false entry in books, or fails to keep books in violation of the provisions of Article 38;
第三十八条の規定に違反して、帳簿を備え付けず、帳簿に記載せず、若しくは帳簿に虚偽の記載をし、又は帳簿を保存しなかった者
a person who has failed to make public the terms and conditions of the private lodging intermediary business in violation of the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (4);
第五十五条第四項の規定に違反して、住宅宿泊仲介業約款を公示しなかった者
a person who has failed to make a publicly notice on fees in violation of the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (1); or
第五十六条第一項の規定に違反して、料金を公示しなかった者
a person who has received fees in excess of the fees for which public notice has been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article, in violation of the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (2).
第七十七条
Any person who falsely states particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) in violation of the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36) is punished by penal detention or a petty fine.
第七十八条
If a representative of a corporation or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or individual commits an offence under Articles 72 through 76 with regard to the business of that corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being punished, that corporation or individual is punished by the fine prescribed in the relevant Articles.
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に関し、第七十二条から第七十六条まで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各本条の罰金刑を科する。
第七十九条
Any person who fails to give a notification under Article 3, paragraph (6), Article 28, paragraph (1) or Article 52, paragraph (1) or gives a false notification is punished by a civil fine of up to 200,000 yen.