# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第五章 (Chapter 5)

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

- Law: 公益通報者保護法 (Whistleblower Protection Act), 平成十六年法律第百二十二号
- English title "Whistleblower Protection Act": 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: 第五章 (Chapter 5) — address `ch-5`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2026-12-01 — NOT yet in force (revision 20261201_507AC0000000062)
- URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5
- The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/ch-5
- Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page 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.
The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording
the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet
in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is
machine translation.

---

## 第五章　罰則 — Chapter V Penal Provisions
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5</sup>

### 第二十一条
<sup>art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-21</sup>

**第一項**  第三条第一項の規定に違反して解雇等特定不利益取扱いをしたときは、当該違反行為をした者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-21/par-1</sup>
If a person has engaged in specified disadvantageous treatment such as dismissal, in violation of the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), the person who has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  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、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-21/par-2</sup>
If a person falls under one of the following items, the person who has committed the violation is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第十五条の二第二項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-21/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-21/par-2/item-1</sup>
  when a person has violated an order under the provisions of Article 15-2, paragraph (2);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第十六条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、若しくは忌避したとき。
  <sup>art-21/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-21/par-2/item-2</sup>
  when a person has failed to make a report under the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) or has made a false report, or has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under the provisions of the paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十二条
<sup>art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-22</sup>

**第一項**  第十二条の規定に違反して同条に規定する事項を漏らした者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-22/par-1</sup>
Any person who has divulged any information provided for in Article 12 in violation of the Article is to be subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十三条
<sup>art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-23</sup>

**第一項**  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、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、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本項の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-23/par-1</sup>
If the representative of a corporation or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual violates the provisions stated in one of the following items in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation is subject to the fine prescribed in the relevant item and the individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant paragraph:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第二十一条第一項　三千万円以下の罰金刑
  <sup>art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-23/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Article 21, paragraph (1):a fine of not more than 30 million yen;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第二十一条第二項　同項の罰金刑
  <sup>art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-23/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Article 21, paragraph (2):the fine referred to in that paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、国及び地方公共団体には、適用しない。
<sup>art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-23/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part relating to item (i)) do not apply to the national government and local governments.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十四条
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-24</sup>

**第一項**  第十六条第二項の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をした者は、二十万円以下の過料に処する。
<sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-24/par-1</sup>
A person who has failed to make a report under Article 16, paragraph (2) or has made a false report is punished by a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

---

## Cites
- art-21/par-1: 第三条第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-2#art-3/par-1
- art-21/par-2/item-1: 第十五条の二第二項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十五条の二第二項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (2)), art-15-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-4#art-15-2/par-2
- art-21/par-2/item-2: 第十六条第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-4#art-16/par-1
- art-22/par-1: 第十二条 → 公益通報者保護法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-3#art-12
- art-23/par-1/item-1: 第二十一条第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-21/par-1
- art-23/par-1/item-2: 第二十一条第二項 → 公益通報者保護法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-21/par-2
- art-23/par-2: 前項 → 公益通報者保護法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-23/par-1
- art-23/par-2: 第一号 → 公益通報者保護法 第二十三条第一項第一号 (Article 23, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-23/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-5#art-23/par-1/item-1
- art-24/par-1: 第十六条第二項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/amendments/20261201_507AC0000000062/text/ch-4#art-16/par-2

---

## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 公益通報者保護法 — the text as 令和七年法律第六十二号 leaves it, from 2026-12-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20261201_507AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-10-26
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Whistleblower Protection Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5109/tb), retrieved 2026-10-26
- This site's parser, version 218 — 公益通報者保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-26