# 住民基本台帳法 / Residential Basic Book Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46)

- Law: 住民基本台帳法 (Residential Basic Book Act), 昭和四十二年法律第八十一号
- English title "Residential Basic Book Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46) — address `art-46`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-46
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### 第四十六条
<sup>art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-46</sup>

**第一項**  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。
<sup>art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-46/par-1</sup>
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第十一条の二第十一項若しくは第三十条の三十九第一項の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は同項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避した者
  <sup>art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-46/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-46/par-1/item-1</sup>
  A person who has failed to make a report or has made a false report under Article 11-2, paragraph (11) or Article 30-39, paragraph (1), or has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under that paragraph
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  偽りその他不正の手段により、第十二条から第十二条の三まで（これらの規定を第三十条の五十一の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）に規定する住民票の写し若しくは住民票記載事項証明書の交付を受け、第十二条の四（第三十条の五十一の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）に規定する住民票の写しの交付を受け、第十五条の四（第三十条の五十一の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）に規定する除票の写し若しくは除票記載事項証明書の交付を受け、第二十条に規定する戸籍の附票の写しの交付を受け、又は第二十一条の三に規定する戸籍の附票の除票の写しの交付を受けた者
  <sup>art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-46/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-46/par-1/item-2</sup>
  A person who, by deception or other wrongful means, has been issued a copy of the certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in Articles 12 through 12-3 (including the cases where these provisions are applied with the terms therein replaced pursuant to Article 30-51), has been issued a copy of the certificate of residence prescribed in Article 12-4 (including the cases where it is applied with the terms therein replaced pursuant to Article 30-51), has been issued a copy of the removed certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in removed certificate of residence prescribed in Article 15-4 (including the cases where it is applied with the terms therein replaced pursuant to Article 30-51), has been issued a copy of the family register supplement prescribed in Article 20, or has been issued a copy of the removed family register supplement prescribed in Article 21-3
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-46/par-1/item-1: 第十一条の二第十一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第十一条の二第十一項 (Article 11-2, paragraph (11)), art-11-2/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-11-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-11-2/par-11
- art-46/par-1/item-1: 第三十条の三十九第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十九第一項 (Article 30-39, paragraph (1)), art-30-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-39/par-1
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第十二条から第十二条の三まで → 住民基本台帳法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-12
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第十二条から第十二条の三まで → 住民基本台帳法 第十二条の二 (Article 12-2), art-12-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-12-2
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第十二条から第十二条の三まで → 住民基本台帳法 第十二条の三 (Article 12-3), art-12-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-12-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-12-3
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第三十条の五十一 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の五十一 (Article 30-51), art-30-51 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-51
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第十二条の四 → 住民基本台帳法 第十二条の四 (Article 12-4), art-12-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-12-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-12-4
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第十五条の四 → 住民基本台帳法 第十五条の四 (Article 15-4), art-15-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-15-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-15-4
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第二十条 → 住民基本台帳法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-20
- art-46/par-1/item-2: 第二十一条の三 → 住民基本台帳法 第二十一条の三 (Article 21-3), art-21-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-21-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-21-3

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 住民基本台帳法 第十五条の四第一項（除票の写し等の交付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-15-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-15-4/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第二十条第一項（戸籍の附票の写しの交付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-20/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第二十一条の三第一項（戸籍の附票の除票の写しの交付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-21-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-21-3/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第四十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-48/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 住民基本台帳法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000081/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 住民基本台帳法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/883), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260923T191243-019, translated 2026-09-24
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260924T131250-001, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 211 — 住民基本台帳法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
