Pneumoconiosis Law

Article 45.   A person who comes under any one of the following items shall be punished with a fine not exceeding 300,000 yen:

(1)   A person who has violated the provisions of Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, paragraph 1, Article 9, paragraph 1, Article 12, Article 13,paragraph 4 (including the case where the same provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 16-2, paragraph 2), Article 14, paragraph 2 (including the case where the same provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Auricle 16, paragraph 2, and Article 16-2, paragraph 2), Article 14, paragraph 3 (including the case where the same provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 16, paragraph 2, and Article 16-2, paragraph 2 ), Article 17, Article 22, Article 35-2, Article 35-3 or Article 43-2, paragraph 2.

(2)  A person who has violated the order or instruction under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph 3 (including the case where the same provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 16-2, paragraph 2), Article 16-2, paragraph 1, or Article 21, paragraph 4.

(3)   A person who has made a mendacious statement in reply to the question raised, or who has refused, impeded or evaded the inspection, under the provisions of Article 40, paragraph 1.

(4)  A person who has made a mendacious statement in reply to the question raised, or who has refused, impeded or evaded the inspection, measurement or analysis, under the provisions of Article 42, paragraph 1.

Article 46.   In case a representative of a juridical person, or an agent or any other employee of a worker engaged in any capacity by a juridical person has perpetrated, in respect of the business of the said juridical person or the said person a violation stated in the preceding Article, the punishment stated in the same Article shall be imposed on the said juridical person or the said person in addition to the perpetrator.