Article 1The purpose of this Act is to contribute to sustainable development in the agricultural, forestry, fishery, and food industries by providing for the establishment of the Headquarters for the Export of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Products and Food, providing for the formulation of a basic policy and action plan, and implementing measures such as the issuance of export certificates, the certification of export project plans, and the certification of organizations for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food, in order to facilitate the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food that are produced in Japan.

Article 2(1)In this Act, the term "agricultural, forestry, or fishery product" includes anything manufactured or processed (other than what is prescribed in the following paragraph) that uses an agricultural, forestry, or fishery product as a raw material or ingredient and that is specified by order of the competent ministry.

(2)In this Act, the term "food" means all food and drink (other than pharmaceuticals as provided in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960), quasi-pharmaceutical products as provided in paragraph (2) of that Article, and regenerative medicine products as provided in paragraph (9) of that Article).

(3)In this Act, the term "organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food" means an organization that persons working to export agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food establish for the purpose of helping facilitate the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food.

(4)In this Act, the term "registered issuing body" means a person that has been registered by the competent minister pursuant to Article 20, paragraph (1), and the term "registered certifying body" means a person that has been registered by the competent minister pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (1).

Article 3The Headquarters for the Export of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Food (hereinafter referred to as "Headquarters") is hereby established as a special body under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Article 4Headquarters is responsible for the following administrative functions:

Article 5Headquarters consists of the Director-General of the Headquarters for the Export of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Products and Food, and members of the Headquarters for Export of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Products and Food.

Article 6(1)The head position at Headquarters is the Director-General of the Headquarters for the Export of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Products and Food (referred to as the "Director-General of Headquarters" in the following paragraph and Article 7, paragraph (2), item (vii)), and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries serves in this capacity.

(2)The Director-General of Headquarters manages the administrative functions of the Headquarters.

Article 7(1)Headquarters has in place members of the Headquarters for the Export of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Products and Food (referred to as "Headquarters members" in the following paragraph).

(2)The persons set forth in the following items serve as Headquarters members:

Article 8(1)Headquarters may ask the head of relevant administrative organs to submit materials, give an opinion or explanation, or provide any other necessary cooperation if it finds this to be necessary in order for it to perform the administrative functions under its jurisdiction.

(2)Headquarters may also request that a person other than one provided for in the preceding paragraph provide the necessary cooperation if it finds this to be particularly necessary in order for it to perform the administrative functions under its jurisdiction.

Article 9Beyond what is provided in Article 3 through the preceding Article, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the organization and management of Headquarters.

Article 10(1)Headquarters is to establish a basic policy on facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food (hereinafter referred to as the "basic policy").

(2)The basic policy is to provide for the following:

(3)Having established or amended the basic policy, Headquarters must make this public without delay.

Article 11(1)The national government is responsible for advancing measures for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food in a comprehensive and integrated manner.

(2)The national government must endeavor to provide the information, guidance, advice, and other assistance that is necessary to the work that businesses are doing to export agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food.

(3)The national government must endeavor to provide the information, guidance, advice, and other assistance that is necessary to the work that organizations for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food are doing to facilitate the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food.

Article 12(1)Prefectures, cities that have health centers, and special wards (hereinafter each of these is individually referred to as a "prefecture or equivalent entity") are responsible for developing the necessary procedures to streamline the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food in keeping with the actual conditions of the region and for taking other such measures, in order to facilitate the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food.

(2)A prefecture or equivalent entity must endeavor to provide the information, guidance, advice, and other such assistance that is necessary to the work a business is doing to export agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food, in keeping with the actual conditions of the region.

Article 13The national government, prefectures and equivalent entities, Japan Finance Corporation (referred to as the "JFC" in Article 41 and Article 42 paragraph (1)), and other such concerned parties must endeavor to collaborate and cooperate with one another to facilitate the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food in a comprehensive and integrated manner.

Article 14(1)Headquarters is to develop an action plan for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food (hereinafter referred to as the "action plan" in this Article) in accordance with the basic policy.

(2)Headquarters is to provide for the following in the action plan:

(3)At least once each fiscal year, Headquarters is to compile information on the progress and implementation status of export facilitation measures; evaluate the progress of export facilitation measures and the effectiveness of their implementation; review the action plan in consideration of the results of its evaluation, changes in economic circumstances, and other such conditions; and make alterations to the action plan.

(4)Before seeking to develop or alter the action plan, Headquarters must hear the opinions of the certified organizations for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food provided for in Article 43, paragraph (2).

(5)Having developed or altered the action plan, Headquarters must make it public without delay.

(6)Having carried out an evaluation as referred to in paragraph (3), Headquarters must make public the progress and implementation status of export facilitation measures and the results of the evaluation.

Article 37(1)A person or persons working to export an agricultural, forestry, or fishery product or food produced in Japan may independently or jointly prepare a plan for a project to rationalize, increase the sophistication of, or otherwise improve production, manufacturing, processing, or distribution to expand the export of an agricultural, forestry, or fishery product or food (hereinafter such a project is referred to as an "export project") (such a plan is referred to as an "export project plan" hereinafter) and, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, may submit this to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and have it certified.

(2)An export project plan is to contain the following particulars:

(3)In addition to the particulars set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph, an export project plan may give the following particulars concerning arrangements for facilities that will be used in the export project.

(4)If an application for certification as referred to in paragraph (1) has been filed and the export project plan conforms to all the following items, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is to grant a certification:

(5)Having received an application for the certification referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must notify the Minister who has jurisdiction over the business that is the subject of the export project plan for which that application has been filed (referred to as the "competent minister for the business" in the following paragraph) of the substance of the application without delay.

(6)If the competent minister for the business has been notified as under the preceding paragraph and finds it to be necessary to do so, the competent minister for the business may give an opinion to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(7)The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must consult with the prefectural governor (or with the mayor of the designated municipality as provided in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Cropland Act (Act No. 229 of 1952) (hereinafter referred to as a "designated municipality" in this paragraph and in Article 60, item (i)) within whose geographical area the land in question is located, if applicable; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) and obtain the governor's consent for the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (3) (limited to particulars that concern land as referred to in paragraph (3), item (ii) that constitutes cropland (meaning land used for cultivation (including the planting of agricultural crops that is deemed to constitute cultivation pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Cropland Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph); hereinafter the same applies), in connection with which a person is required to get the permission referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Cropland Act before converting it from cropland into non-cropland with the object of using it for the facilities referred to in paragraph (3), or in connection with which the permission referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) must be obtained before a person acquires ownership of the land or rights to use or profit from it in order to convert it from cropland into non-cropland with the object of using it for the facilities referred to in paragraph (3); and to particulars that concern land as referred to in paragraph (3), item (ii) that constitutes meadow/pastureland (meaning non-cropland used primarily for collecting grass to benefit a cultivation-related business, or non-cropland used primarily for grazing livestock to benefit a livestock farming-related business; the same applies hereinafter), in connection with which the permission referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Cropland Act must be obtained before a person acquires ownership of the land or rights to use or profit from it in order to convert it from meadow/pastureland into non-meadow/pastureland) before seeking to carry out a certification as referred to in paragraph (1) for an export project plan in which those particulars have been included. In such a case, the prefectural governor, pursuant to Cabinet Order, is to give that consent if the governor finds that those particulars meet the following requirements:

Article 38(1)Before seeking to alter an export project plan that has been certified as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the person that had the plan certified (hereinafter referred to as a "certified commercial exporter") is to have the alteration certified by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(2)On finding that a certified commercial exporter is not implementing an export project in accordance with the export project plan to which its certification pertains (or the altered export project plan, if an alteration has been certified pursuant to the preceding paragraph; hereinafter referred to as the "certified export project plan"), the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may revoke the certification.

(3)The provisions of paragraphs (4) through (7) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification of an alteration under paragraph (1).

Article 39(1)The permission referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Cropland Act is deemed to have been obtained if a certified commercial exporter converts cropland into non-cropland in accordance with a certified export project plan (limited to one in which the particulars set forth in the items of Article 37, paragraph (3) have been included; the same applies in the following paragraph) with the object of using it for the facilities referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article.

(2)The permission referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Cropland Act is deemed to have been obtained if a certified commercial exporter acquires ownership or rights to use and profit from land in accordance with a certified export project plan in order to convert that land from cropland into non-cropland or from meadow/pastureland into non-meadow/pastureland with the object of using it for the facilities referred to in Article 37, paragraph (3).

Article 40(1)The Organization of Food-Marketing Structure Improvement designated pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on Rationalizing Distribution and Improving Transactional Propriety for Food and Other Products (Act No. 59 of 1991; referred to as the "Food and Product Distribution Act" hereinafter in this Article and in Article 50) (this organization is referred to as "OFSI" in the following paragraph and in paragraph 50) may carry out the following operations, in addition to the operations set forth in the items of Article 17 of the Food and Product Distribution Act:

(2)To apply the provisions of the Food and Product Distribution Act to operations set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph that OFSI carries out pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the phrases set forth in the middle column of the following table which appear in the provisions of the Food and Product Distribution Act set forth in the left-hand column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases set forth in the right-hand column of that table.

Article 41(1)In addition to the operations provided for in Article 11 of the Japan Finance Corporation Act (Act No. 57 of 2007; referred to as the "JFC Act" hereinafter in this Article and the following Article), JFC may carry out operations for lending funds to a certified commercial exporter that constitutes a person as set forth in one of the following items, if those funds are long-term, low-interest funds that contribute to ensuring a stable food supply or contribute to the sustainable and sound development of the agriculture, forestry, or fisheries industry and are needed for implementing a certified export project, and if they constitute those of the funds that the relevant item prescribes (limited to funds that it is difficult for another financial institution to provide) that are designated by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Finance:

(2)JFC establishes the interest rate, redemption period, and deferment period of loans involving the funds provided for in the preceding paragraph, within the limits stipulated by Cabinet Order.

(3)To apply the provisions of the JFC Act to the lending of funds provided for in paragraph (1) that JFC carries out pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the phrases set forth in the middle column of the following table which appear in the provisions of the JFC Act set forth in the left-hand column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases set forth in the right-hand column of that table.

Article 42(1)Notwithstanding Article 11 of the JTC Act, JTC may guarantee obligations (including actions equivalent to the guaranteeing of obligations, through which it takes obligations upon itself) connected with the long-term borrowing of funds (limited to the borrowing of funds from a foreign bank or other such financial institution provided for by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries/Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Ministry of Finance Order) needed for a certified commercial exporter (limited to either a small or medium-sized enterprise or a person overseas that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries/Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Ministry of Finance Order as being equivalent to such an enterprise) to implement a certified export project overseas.

(2)To apply the JTC Act, the guaranteeing of obligations provided for in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be one of the "operations set forth in the left-hand column of Appended Table II, item (iv)" of the JTC Act, under Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the JTC Act.

Article 43(1)Pursuant to order of the competent ministry and at the application of an organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food that is found to conform to the requirements set forth in the items of paragraph (6), the competent minister may certify that organization as a person that carries out the operations provided for in the following paragraph and in paragraph (3) (hereinafter referred to as "export-facilitation operations").

(2)A person that has been certified as referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food") is to carry out the following operations:

(3)In addition to the operations listed in the items of the preceding paragraph, a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food may carry out the following operations:

(4)An organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food seeking the certification referred to in paragraph (1) must submit a written application containing the following information (hereinafter referred to as a "written application" in this Article) to the competent minister, pursuant to order of the competent ministry:

(5)The internal rules for the export-facilitation operations to which the application pertains (referred to as "operational rules" in the following paragraph and in Article 45) must accompany the written application.

(6)If the competent minister has received an application for the certification referred to in paragraph (1) and finds that the organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food to which the application pertains conforms to the following requirements, the competent minister is to grant that certification:

Article 44A person falling under one of the following items is not entitled to be granted the certification referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article:

Article 45(1)Before a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food seeks to alter a particular set forth in one of the items of Article 43, paragraph (4) or its operational rules (other than a minor alteration specified by order of the competent ministry) it must have the alteration certified by the competent minister pursuant to order of the competent ministry.

(2)If a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food makes a "minor alteration specified by the order of the competent ministry" as referred to in the preceding paragraph, it must notify the competent minister of this without delay.

(3)The provisions of Article 43, paragraphs 4 through 6 apply mutatis mutandis to the certification of an alteration referred to in paragraph (1).

Article 46Before a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food discontinues the export-facilitation operations for which it has been certified, it must first file a notification of this with the competent minister, pursuant to order of the competent ministry.

Article 47If the competent minister finds there to be a need for improvement in the directing of export-facilitation operations at a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food, the minister may order the organization to take the necessary measures to improve this.

Article 48The competent minister may revoke the certification of a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food if it falls under any of the following items:

Article 49A certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food (limited to one that is a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation (limited to a general incorporated association for which one-half or more of the rights to vote at its general meeting of members are held by a small or medium-sized enterprise (meaning a small or medium-sized enterprise provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Credit Insurance Act (Act No. 264 of 1950); hereinafter the same applies in this Article), or a general incorporated foundation for which one-half or more of the value of the assets contributed at the time of its incorporation were contributed by a small or medium-sized enterprise)) that has become subject to a guarantee of obligations provided for in Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 3-2, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Credit Insurance Act for the funds needed to implement its export-facilitation operations is deemed to be a Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise, and the provisions of Article 3, Article 3-2, and Articles 4 through 8 of that Act apply. In such a case, in Article 3, paragraph (1) and Article 3-2, paragraph (1) of that Act, the phrase "borrowings" is deemed to be replaced with "the borrowing of the funds needed to implement the export-facilitation operations provided for in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Act on Facilitating the Export of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Products and Food (Act No. 57 of 2019) that are carried out by a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food provided for in Article 49 of that Act".

Article 50(1)In addition the operations set forth in the items of Article 17 of the Food and Product Distribution Act, OFSI may carry out the following operations:

(2)To apply the provisions of the Food and Product Distribution Act to operations set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph that OFSI carries out pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the phrases set forth in the middle column of the following table which appear in the provisions of the Food and Product Distribution Act set forth in the left-hand column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases set forth in the right-hand column of that table.

Article 51At the request of a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food, the Center may send specialists or provide other such necessary cooperation in connection with the implementation of the operations set forth in Article 43, paragraph (3), item (i).

Article 52At the request of a certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food Japan External Trade Organization, IAA, must endeavor to provide the advice and other such support needed to implement export-facilitation operations.

Article 53(1)To the extent necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter V, Section 1, the competent minister may ask a person that has been issued an export certificate pursuant to Article 15, paragraphs (1) through (3) or the establisher or manager of a conforming establishment that has been certified pursuant to Article 17, paragraphs (1) through (3) to submit the necessary reports, books, documents, or other objects; or may have the relevant officials enter such a person's offices or place of business or any other such place where the person does business (hereinafter collectively referred to as the person's "business place") to investigate the status of that business place or the person's books, documents, and other objects or to question employees or other concerned persons.

(2)To the extent necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter V, Section 1, a governor or mayor may ask a person that has been issued an export certificate pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (2) or the establisher or manager of a conforming establishment that has been certified pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (2) to submit the necessary reports, books, documents, or other objects; or may have the relevant officials enter the business place of the relevant person to inspect the status of that business place or the person's books, documents, and other objects or to question employees or other concerned persons.

(3)An official conducting an on-site inspection or questioning pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs must carry identification and present it to the persons concerned upon request.

(4)The authority to conduct on-site inspections and questioning pursuant to paragraph (1) and (2) must not be interpreted as being granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation.

(5)If a person that has been issued an export certificate pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (1) or (2) or the establisher or manager of a conforming establishment that has been certified pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) or (2) fails to submit a report or object under paragraph (1) or (2) or submits a false report or object; refuses, obstructs, or avoids an on-site inspection under those provisions; or refuses to answer the questions under those provisions or gives a false answer, the competent minister or the governor or mayor may revoke the export certificate that the minister, governor, or mayor has personally issued or revoke the certification of a conforming establishment that the minister, governor, or mayor has personally granted.

(6)The provisions of Article 17, paragraph (6) apply mutatis mutandis to the revocation of a conforming establishment's certification under the preceding paragraph.

Article 54(1)To the extent necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter V, the competent minister may ask a registered issuing body, a registered certifying body, or a business affiliated with these persons and their operations to submit the necessary reports, books, documents, or other objects; or may have the relevant officials enter the business place of the person or affiliate to inspect the status of operations connected with the issuance of export certificates or with certifications or verifications, to inspect its books, documents, or other objects, or to question employees or other such relevant persons.

(2)The provisions of paragraph (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to on-site inspections and questioning under the preceding paragraph.

Article 55(1)On finding it to be necessary to do so in a case as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may have the Center enter the business place of a registered issuing body, a registered certifying body, or a business that is affiliated with these persons and their operations to inspect the status of operations connected with the issuance of export certificates or with certifications or verifications, to inspect its books, documents, or other objects, or to question its employees or other such relevant persons.

(2)When having the Center conduct an on-site inspection or questioning pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in instructing the Center to implement the on-site inspection or questioning, is to indicate the date and place of the on-site inspection or questioning and other necessary particulars.

(3)Having conducted an on-site inspection or questioning under the instructions provided in the preceding paragraph pursuant to paragraph (1), the Center must report the result thereof to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

(4)The provisions of Article 53, paragraph (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to on-site inspections and questioning under paragraph (1).

Article 56The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may give the Center the necessary orders in connection with the operations involving an on-site inspection or questioning under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, on finding that it is necessary to do so to ensure the proper implementation of those operations.

Article 57(1)The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may request that a certified commercial exporter submit a report on the status of implementation of the certified export project plan.

(2)The competent minister may request the certified organization for facilitating the export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food to report on the implementation status of the export promotion business.

Article 58(1)The competent minister referred to in this Act is the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Minister of Finance, or the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as prescribed by Cabinet Order.

(2)The order of the competent ministry referred to in this Act is an order issued by the competent minister.

Article 59The authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that is provided for in this Act may be delegated to the head of a local branch office pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the authority of the competent minister that is provided for in this Act may be delegated to the head of a local branch office pursuant to order of the competent ministry.

Article 60An administrative function as follows that a local government handles pursuant to this Act constitutes an item (i) statutory entrusted function as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947):

Article 61Beyond as provided in this Act, Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or order of the competent ministry prescribes the procedures for implementing this Act and other necessary particulars connected with this Act's entry into effect.

Article 62Having violated an order under Article 30, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36) the violating registered issuing body or registered certifying body (or its representative, if it is a corporation) or the violating agent, employee, or other such worker of that organization is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or to a fine of not more than 1 million yen.

Article 63A person divulging confidential information learned in the course of duty or using that information for the person's own benefit, in violation of Article 32 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36), is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

Article 64A person failing to submit a report or object under Article 54, paragraph (1) or submitting a false report or false object; refusing, obstructing, or avoiding an inspection under that paragraph or Article 55, paragraph (1); failing to answer a question under those provisions; or giving a false answer is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

Article 65If one of the following violations has occurred, the violating registered issuing body or registered certifying body (or its representative, if it is a corporation) or the violating agent, employee, or other such worker of that person is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

Article 66A person failing to submit a report under Article 57, paragraph (1) or (2) or submitting a false report is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

Article 67(1)If the representative or manager of a corporation (including an association or foundation without judicial personality that has a representative or a manager; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), or the agent, employee, or other such worker of a corporation or individual has committed a violation as referred to in Article 62 or the preceding three Articles in connection with the operations of that corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article.

(2)When the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without judicial personality, the representative or manager represents it with regard to procedural acts and the provisions of laws concerning criminal proceedings that are applicable when a corporation is the defendant or a suspect apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 68Having violated an order issued pursuant to Article 56, the officer of the Center who committed that violation is subject to a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen.

Article 69A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen: