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.

(5)  A person who has failed to submit reports, or made mendacious reports, under the provisions of Article 44.

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.