# 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 / Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment — 第十四条 (Article 14) - Law: 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 (Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment), 昭和三十一年法律第百二十号 - English title "Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十四条 (Article 14)（罰則） — address `art-14` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-14 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-14 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十四条（罰則） — (Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-14 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした委託事業者の代表者、代理人、使用人その他の従業者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-14/par-1 If an entrusting business operator falls under any of the following items, the representative, agent, employee, or other worker of the entrusting business operator who has committed the violation is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第四条第一項の規定に違反して明示すべき事項を明示しなかつたとき。 art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-14/par-1/item-1 if, the person has failed to clearly indicate the matters that should be clearly indicated in violation of the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第四条第二項の規定に違反して書面を交付しなかつたとき。 art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-14/par-1/item-2 if the person has failed to deliver a document in violation of the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第七条の規定に違反して、書類若しくは電磁的記録を作成せず、若しくは保存せず、又は虚偽の書類若しくは電磁的記録を作成したとき。 art-14/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-14/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-14/par-1/item-3 if the person has failed to prepare or preserve a document or electronic or magnetic record, or has prepared a false document or electronic or magnetic record, in violation of the provisions of Article 7. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-14/par-1/item-1: 第四条第一項 → 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-4/par-1 - art-14/par-1/item-2: 第四条第二項 → 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-4/par-2 - art-14/par-1/item-3: 第七条 → 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-7 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 第七条第一項（書類等の作成及び保存） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-7/par-1 - 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 第十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-contractor-payment-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-16/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/331AC0000000120/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5106/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11