Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act (Act No. 123 of 2005)

Chapter IX Penal Provisions

Article 109

(1) If a committee of municipal examination boards, prefectural examination boards,or appeal examination boards, or a ex-committee thereof divulges trade secrets of those who conducted object service for Payment for Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities, or personal secrets, etc. which they may come to possess in the course of duties, without just causes, the person shall be punished by lessthan imprisonment with work of 1 year or fine of less than 1,000,000 yen.

(2) A person who violates the provision of paragraph 4 of Article 20 (including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article 24) shall be punished by not more than 1 year imprisonment with hard labor or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.

Article 110

Persons who fail to submit or present reports or materials or who submit or present false reports or materials, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 11, or who fails to answer questions given by the relevant personnel pursuant to the same paragraph, or who give false answers, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

Article 111

A person who fails to submit or present reports or materials or who submit or present false reports or materials pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 48 (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 of the same Article; the same shall apply in this Article.), who fail to answer the questions asked by relevant personnel or give false answers pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 48 or answer falsely thereto; or refuse, hinder, or avoid the inspections pursuant to the same provision shall be punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

Article 112

In the event that representative persons of a juridical person or a juridical person, or agents, workers, or other employees of individual conducted the violation set forththe preceding Article with regard to the business of said juridical person or individual, not only the offender shall be punished but also said juridical person or individuals shall be punished by the fine set forth the same Article.

Article 113

In the event that persons who, violated the disposition pursuant to the provision of paragraph 1 of Article 103 do not appear, provide statements, they state or provide false reports, and make diagnoses or conduct other inspection without just cause, they, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen. Provided, however, that, this shall not apply to requesters for the examination procedures that appeal examination board conduct, municipalities or other interested persons who received the notice pursuant to the provision of Article 102.

Article 114

Persons who fail to submit or present reports or materials or who submit or present false reports or materials, pursuant to the provision of paragraph 2 of Article 11, or who fails to answer questions given by the relevant personnel pursuant to the same paragraph, or who give false answers, shall be punished by a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 yen.

Article 115

(1) Municipalities, etc. may establish provisions in their Municipal Ordinances to impose a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 yen on persons who fail to submit or present reports or materials, or who submit or present false reports or materials, pursuant to the provision of paragraph 1 of Article 9; provide false reports or; or who fail to answer the questions asked by relevant personnel or give false answers pursuant to the provision of the same paragraph or answer falsely thereto without just causes.

(2) Municipalities, etc. may establish provisions in their Municipal Ordinances to impose a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 on the persons who fail to submit or present reports or materials, or who submit or present false reports or, pursuant to the provision of paragraph 1 of Article 10, or who fail to answer the questions asked by relevant personnel or give false answers, pursuant to the provision of the same paragraph; or who refuse, hinder, or avoid the inspections pursuant to the same provision without just causes.

(3) Municipalities may establish provisions in their Municipal Ordinances to impose a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 yen on the persons who were required to submit or return the claimant certifications pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 24 or paragraph 2 of Article 25 but do not respond to the requirement.