Article 1The purpose of this Act is, in consideration of the increasing importance of promoting the visitation and stay of domestic and international tourists to enhance Japan's economic and social vitality and sustainable development in response to the declining population, increased international exchanges and other changes in socioeconomic circumstances surrounding Japan, and as a legal measure based on the provisions of Article 5 of the "Act on Promotion of Development of Specified Integrated Resort Districts" (Act No.115 of 2016, hereinafter referred to as "the Promotion Act"), to establish systems for preparing a basic policy by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, prepare district development plans by prefectures, etc. and conduct certification of the relevant district development plans by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with regard to specified integrated resort districts in order to realize attractive stay-type tourism which is highly competitive in the international markets by promoting the development of integrated resort districts which utilize local creativity and the private-sector vitality through the use of profits from the sound casino business operated under the appropriate supervision and administration by the national government. Moreover, this Act aims to specify such particulars as casino business licenses and other regulatory measures for services provided by casino business operators, particulars concerning restrictions on entrance to casino facilities and admission fees, particulars concerning payments to the treasury to be paid by casino business operators, particulars concerning the establishment of a Casino Regulatory Commission that supervises the casino business, its duties and administrative affairs under its jurisdiction and other necessary particulars, and thereby contribute to the promotion of tourism and local economy as well as to the improved public finance.

Article 2(1)The term "specified integrated resort" as used in this Act means a group of facilities integrating casino facilities and the facilities listed in items (i) through (v) (including facilities listed in item (vi) established and operated integrally therewith) which are established and operated integrally by a private business operator:

(2)The term "specified integrated resort district" as used in this Act means a group of lands where one specified integrated resort is integrally administered by a private business operator (in cases where the facility provision business is conducted, including a private business operator that conducts the relevant facility provision business) that establishes and operates the relevant integrated resort and stated in a district development plan provided for in Article 9, paragraph (1) certified under Article 9, paragraph (11) (when any change made pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1) has been certified, this term refers to the changed plan; hereinafter referred to as "certified district development plan")

(3)The term "establishment and operation business" as used in this Act means the following businesses:

(4)The term "establishment and operation business operator" as used in this Act means a private business operator that conducts the establishment and operation business.

(5)The term "facility provision business" as used in this Act means a business to provide services which integrally develop (new construction, modification or addition) a group of facilities consisting of a specified integrated resort, services which administer the relevant specified integrated resort in accordance with their use on the basis of a contract with an establishment and operation business operator and allow the relevant establishment and operation business operator to exclusively use the relevant facilities, and services incidental thereto.

(6)The term "facility provision business operator" as used in this Act means a private business operator that conducts the facility provision business.

(7)The term "casino gaming" as used in this Act means activities of competing for the acquisition or loss of money under conditions of chance in the same facility using devices or tools established therein between a casino business operator and customers or between customers whose types and methods are specified by rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission and are deemed to be appropriate in light of socially accepted conventions in Japan from the viewpoint of ensuring trust and gaining understanding of citizens in the sound operation of the casino business taking into account the implementation status of activities equivalent to those conducted in other countries.

(8)The term "casino business" as used in this Act means a business to provide any of the following services (hereinafter referred as "casino services"):

(9)The term "casino business operator" as used in this Act means an establishment and operation business operator that has received a certification referred to in Article 9, paragraph (11) (including a certification of changes made pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1); hereinafter referred to as "certification of district development plan") (hereinafter referred to as "certified establishment and operation business operator") that conducts the casino business with a license referred to in Article 39.

(10)The term "casino facility" as used in this Act means a facility established in a specified integrated resort district consisting of the following areas for a casino business operator to provide casino gaming services:

(11)The term "related services in casino gaming operation areas" as used in this Act means the following services and services incidental thereto provided in casino gaming operation areas to improve the convenience of customers:

(12)The term "authorized major shareholders, etc." as used in this Act means persons that hold voting rights or shares or equity interests (hereinafter referred to as "voting rights, etc.") in a company (including a holding company (meaning a holding company provided in Article 9, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolizataion and Maintenance of Fair Trade (Act No.54 of 1947); the same applies in this paragraph and Article 40, paragraph (1), item(vii)),if the company in question is that holding company's subsidiary company (a subsidiary company referred here means a company in which the majority of voting rights of all the shareholders or investors (if that company is a stock company, those voting rights exclude voting rights pertaining to shares held by shareholders that may not exercise their voting rights for all of the particulars which may be resolved at a shareholders meeting, but include voting rights pertaining to shares whose holders are deemed to have voting rights pursuant to the provisions of Article 879, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act (Act No.86 of 2005) is held by a hoding company; the same applies hereinafter) . In this case, a company in which the majority of voting rights of all the shareholders or investors are held either by a holding company and one or more of its subsidiary companies or by one or more of the subsidiary companies of that holding company is deemed as a subsidiary company of that holding company. The same applies in Article 40, paragraph (1), item (vii))) in a number exceeding the major shareholder threshold (meaning the threshold specified in the following items in accordance with the categories listed in those respective items; the same applies hereinafter) (the aforementioned persons include a person holding voting rights, etc. in the name of another person (or under a fictitious name) but exclude the national government, local government or any corporation specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission as one equivalent thereto, and an unincorporated association or foundation that has any provisions on representative persons or administrators is deemed to be a holder of voting rights, etc. owned in the name of the unincorporated association or foundation; the same applies hereinafter), and that have been authorized referred to in Article 58, paragraph (1) or the proviso to (4) of that Article(including cases in which the provisions of that paragraph or that proviso are applied mutatis mutandis to these provisions pursuant to Article 131 or Article 164) or have been established upon the authorization referred to Article 58, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 131 or Article 164). In this case, the voting rights held by a holding company or the voting rights, etc. held by the holder of the voting rights, etc. do not include any voting rights held in the form of trust property pertaining to a monetary or securities trust (limited to cases where the settlor or the beneficiary may exercise the voting rights, etc. or may instruct the holding company or the holder of those of voting rights, etc. on the exercise of such voting rights, etc.) and other voting rights, etc. specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission, but include voting rights comprising trust property, which the holding company or the holder of those voting rights may exercise or give instructions on the exercise of (excluding those specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission) as a settlor or beneficiary, and shares and any voting rights related to the shares which may not be asserted against the issuer pursuant to the provisions of Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares (Act No. 75 of 2001), and, if a person is a holder of voting rights, etc., and is related to a single person through a special relationship prescribed by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission, such as a relationship through the holding of shares or equity interests, a familiar relationship, or another relationship, those voting rights, etc. held by the relevant person are deemed to be held by the single person in question:

(13)The term "premiums related to casino gaming" as used in this Act means the following:

(14)The term "casino facility provision business" as used in this Act means a business of managing casino facilities according to their use based on a contract with a casino business operator and allowing the relevant casino business operator to exclusively use them and provide services incidental thereto (hereinafter referred to as "casino facility provision services").

(15)The term "casino facility provision business operator" means a facility provision business operator whose district development plan has been certified (hereinafter referred to as "certified facility provision business operator") that conducts the casino facility provision business with a license referred to in Article 124.

(16)The term "authorized facility land right holder" as used in this Act means a person (excluding the national government, local governments and certified establishment and operation business operators, etc. provided in Article 10, paragraph (2); hereinafter referred to as "facility land right holder") who holds ownership rights or surface rights, or any other rights for use or profit specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission concerning the land within specified integrated resort districts or rights aimed at acquiring those rights (referred to as "rights concerning facility lands" in Article 40, paragraph (1), item (xi) and Chapter V) and has an authorization referred to in Article 136, paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (5) or is established after obtaining an authorization referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article.

(17)The term "casino-related devices, etc." means devices, etc. (devices or tools or programs (instructions given to a computer, combined so as to obtain a certain result; the same applies in item (ii) of the following paragraph) or recording media on which they are recorded; the same applies hereinafter) designed for exclusive use in casino gaming services whose type, use and functions are specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission in association with the payment of money based on the relevant result, accounting relating to casino gaming services or services to monitor them.

(18)The term "electronic or magnetic casino-related devices, etc." as used in this Act means the following casino-related devices, etc.:

(19)The term "non-electronic or non-magnetic casino-related devices, etc." as used in this Act means casino-related devices, etc. other than electronic or magnetic casino-related devices, etc.

Article 3The national government is, in line with the basic principles referred to in Article 3 of the Promotion Act (referred to as "the basic policies" in the following Article), responsible for formulating and implementing measures for the promotion of development of specified integrated resort districts (including related measures required to develop and improve neighboring areas of specified integrated resort districts, measures to improve traffic environments and other measures required to improve specified integrated resort districts; the same applies in the following Article and Section 1 of the following Chapter) in order to realize attractive stay-type tourism in Japan which is highly competitive in the international markets, formulating and implementing measures required to prevent crimes, maintain morality and clean public moral environment, and promote sound upbringing of young people, preventing persons who enter casino facilities from experiencing any harmful effect due to the use thereof, and organizing a system required to implement these measures and other measures for appropriately eliminating harmful effects due to the establishment and operation of casino facilities.

Article 4A local government that engages in the development of specified integrated resort districts is, in line with the basic policies, responsible for formulating and implementing measures for promoting the development of specified integrated resort districts and necessary measures for appropriately eliminating harmful effects resulting from the establishment and operation of casino facilities based on the circumstances of each district of the relevant local government under an appropriate division of the roles between the national government and the local government.

Article 124When it has obtained a license from the Casino Regulatory Commission, a certified facility provision business operator may conduct the casino facility provision business in a specified integrated resort district described in its certified district development plan.

Article 125(1)When it intends to obtain a license referred to in the preceding Article, a certified facility provision business operator must submit to the Casino Regulatory Commission an application form stating the particulars listed in Article 40, paragraph (1), item (i), item (ii), item (iv), item (vi), item (vii), item (x) and item (xi) and particulars specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(2)The application form referred to in the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by the following documents as specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission:

(3)An application for license referred to in the preceding Article must be filed at the same time as an application for license referred to in Article 39 pertaining to specified integrated resort pertaining to the relevant application.

Article 126(1)When an application for license referred to in Article 124 has been filed, the Casino Regulatory Commission must examine whether the relevant application conforms to the following standards:

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission must not grant a license when an application for license referred to in Article 124 falls under any of the causes listed in the following items or when an application form or its accompanying documents contain any false statement or omit a statement of important fact:

(3)The Casino Regulatory Commission must not grant a license referred to in Article 124, unless it grants a license referred to in Article 39 pertaining to specified integrated resort pertaining to the application.

Article 127(1)The validity period of a license referred to in Article 124 is three year from the date of the relevant license.

(2)A casino facility provision business operator that intends to continue to conduct the casino facility provision business after the validity period referred to in the preceding paragraph expires must renew the relevant license.

(3)A casino facility provision business operator that intends to renew its license pursuant to the preceding paragraph must file an application with the Casino Regulatory Commission within a period specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission prior to the expiration date of the validity period referred to in paragraph (1).

(4)The provisions of Articles 125 and the preceding Article (excluding paragraph (2), item (i), (a)) and Article 42 as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 130 apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal referred to in paragraph (2). In this case, the term ", item (x) and item (xi)" in Article 125, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "and item (x)", the term "to item (xi), item (xiii)" in Article 125, paragraph (2), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with ", item (x)", the term "license referred to in Article 39" in Article 125, paragraph (3) and Article 126, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "renewal referred to in Article 43, paragraph (2)", the term "through item (v), item (vii) and item (viii)" in Article 126, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "and item (iii)", the term "9." in Article 126, paragraph (2), item (ii), (a) is deemed to be replaced with "1. and 9.", the term "falls under any of the persons listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) of Article 60" in paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "not an authorized major shareholder, etc.", and the term "falls under any of the persons listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) of Article 60 as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 138, paragraph (2)" in paragraph (2), item (v) is deemed to be replaced with "not an authorized facility land right holder".

(5)In cases where an application referred to in paragraph (3) has been made, when no disposition is made against the relevant application by the expiration date of the validity period referred to in paragraph (1), the license then in force remains in force until the relevant disposition is made even after the validity period referred to in that paragraph expires.

(6)When the renewal referred to in paragraph (2) has been made, the validity period of the relevant license is three years from the day following the day on which the validity period of the license then in force expires.

Article 128(1)A casino facility provision business operator must, after it has obtained a license referred to in Article 124 and works of casino facilities pertaining to the relevant license have completed, file an application for inspection of the relevant facilities by the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(2)An application for inspection referred to in the preceding paragraph must be filed at the same time as an application for inspection of casino facilities pertaining to the relevant application referred to in Article 44, paragraph (1).

(3)The Casino Regulatory Commission must not pass the relevant casino facilities the inspection referred to in paragraph (1), unless they are found to conform to the standards listed in Article 126, paragraph (1), item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 41, paragraph (1), item (vii) and item (viii) as a result of the inspection.

(4)The Casino Regulatory Commission must not pass the casino facilities pertaining to the application the inspection referred to in paragraph (1), unless it passes the relevant casino facilities the inspection referred to in Article 44, paragraph (1).

Article 129(1)When it intends to change any of the following particulars (for the particular listed in item (ii), excluding minor changes specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission), a casino facility provision business operator must obtain an approval from the Casino Regulatory Commission:

(2)An application for approval referred to in the preceding paragraph (excluding an approval of the particular listed in item (iii) of that paragraph; the same applies in paragraphs (iv) through (vi))must, when the relevant casino business operator intends to change the structure or equipment of the relevant casino facility or the management method thereof at the same time as any change pertaining to the relevant application, be filed at the same time as an application for approval referred to in Article 48, paragraph (1) (limited to an approval for the particular listed in item (i) or item (iii) of that paragraph; the same applies in paragraphs (iv) through (vi)).

(3)The provisions of Article 126, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) (excluding item (i), item (iv) and item (v)) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "through item (v)" in Article 126, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with ", item (iii)".

(4)In the case referred to in paragraph (2), the Casino Regulatory Commission must not grant an approval referred to in paragraph (1), unless it grants an approval referred to in Article 48, paragraph (1) for the casino facilities pertaining to the application

(5)When works pertaining to any change to the structure or equipment of the casino facilities, a casino facility provision business operator must file an application for inspection by the Casino Regulatory Commission without delay.

(6)The application for inspection referred to in the preceding Article must, when there is a casino business operator that has obtained an approval referred to in Article 48, paragraph (1), be filed at the same time as an application for inspection referred to in Article 48, paragraph (7).

(7)The Casino Regulatory Commission must not have the relevant casino facilities pass an inspection referred to in paragraph (5), unless they are found to conform to the standards listed in Article 126, paragraph (1), item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 41, paragraph (1), item (vii) and item (viii)) as a result of conducting the inspection.

(8)As for an inspection referred to in paragraph (5), the Casino Regulatory Commission must not, in the case provided for in paragraph (6), pass the casino facilities, unless it passes the casino facilities pertaining to that application in the inspection referred to in Article 48, paragraph (7).

Article 130The provisions of Article 41, paragraph (3), Article 42 and Article 49 to Article 51 and the provisions of Article 45 through Article 47, Article 48, paragraph (5), paragraph (6), paragraph (11) and paragraph (12), Article 52, Article 53 (excluding paragraph (1), item (i) through (vi)) and Article 57 apply mutatis mutandis to a license referred to in Article 124 and the casino facility provision business conducted by a casino facilities provision business operator, respectively. In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 131The provisions of Subsection 2 of Section 1 of the preceding Chapter apply mutatis mutandis to authorized major shareholders, etc. of a casino facility provision business operator. In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 132(1)When it entrusts its services (including those pertaining to the facility provision business other than casino facility provision services; the same applies hereinafter) to any other person, a casino facility provision business operator must take necessary measures for ensuring the proper performance of the relevant services to be entrusted as specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(2)In accordance with the sharing of responsibility with the casino business operator and in close collaboration with the relevant casino business operator, the casino facility provision business operator must maintain casino facilities as well as the structure and equipment of the casino facilities pertaining to the part managed by the relevant casino facility provision business operator to ensure that they conform to the standards listed in Article 41, paragraph (1), item (vii) and item (viii).

Article 133(1)A casino facility provision business operator must not conclude a contract other than contracts that fall under all of the respective items of Article 94 (excluding item (i), (e) and item (i), (f)) concerning services provided thereby (excluding an employment contract and a contract with the national or local government; the same applies hereinafter in this Article).

(2)When it intends to conclude any of the following contracts, the casino facility provision business operator must obtain an authorization from the Casino Regulatory Commission. The same principle applies to cases where it intends to renew or change a concluded contract:

(3)None of the contracts listed in the respective items of the preceding paragraph concluded without obtaining an authorization referred to the preceding paragraph have effect.

(4)The provisions of Article 93, paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) and Article 96 to Article 102 apply mutatis mutandis to contracts on services provided by a casino facility provision business operator. In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 134(1)A casino facility provision business operator must not have its employees and other persons engage in the following casino facilities provision services (referred to as "specified casino facility provision services") in the following paragraph and the following Article) without being confirmed by the Casino Regulatory Commission:

(2)The provisions of Article 115 through Article 120 apply mutatis mutandis to a confirmation referred to in the preceding paragraph and persons who have obtained the relevant confirmation and engage in a specified casino facility provision service (referred to as "confirmed person engaged in specified casino facility provision services" in Article 206, paragraph (6)). In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 135(1)A casino facility provision business operator must not have any of the persons listed in the respective items of paragraph (1) of Article 121 engage in casino facility provision services (excluding specified casino facility provision services).

(2)The provisions of Article 121, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to casino facility provision services (excluding specified casino facility provision services) provided by a casino facility provision business operator.

(3)The provisions of Article 123 apply mutatis mutandis to measures for persons who engage in casino facility provision services. In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 136(1)For land in specified integrated resort districts pertaining to a license referred to in Article 39, a person that intends to conduct transactions or acts for transferring or establishing a right on the facility land, establish a corporation that will be a facility land right holder or conduct other transactions or acts specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission (excluding transactions and acts by the national and local governments as well as casino business operators and casino facility provision business operators pertaining to the relevant specified integrated resort district (referred to as "the national government, etc." hereinafter in this paragraph") to acquire a right on the relevant facility land) with a change of the facility land right holder (excluding the national government, etc.) must obtain an authorization from the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(2)No transaction or act provided for in the preceding paragraph conducted without obtaining an authorization referred to in the relevant paragraph (limited to transactions or acts of transferring or establishing a right on facility lands and excluding transactions or acts specified by Cabinet Order) has effect.

(3)When a certified establishment and operation business operator has obtained a license referred to in Article 39, a facility land right holder stated in the application form for the relevant license is deemed to have obtained an authorization referred to in paragraph (1) at the time of obtaining the license.

(4)A person who has become an authorized facility land right holder through transactions or acts pertaining to an authorization referred to in paragraph (1) must notify the Casino Regulatory Commission to that effect without delay.

(5)A person who has become a facility land right holder by any reason other than transactions or acts provided for in paragraph (1) (referred to as "specified facility land right holder" hereinafter in this Article) must take necessary measures for ceasing to be a facility land right holder within sixty days from the day on which the relevant reason arose (referred to as "the last day of the grace period" hereinafter in this Article); provided however, that this does not apply to cases where the relevant specified facility land right holder has obtained an authorization for continuing to hold the right on the relevant facility land even after the last day of the grace period from the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(6)When it has ceased to be a facility land right holder due to the measure referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, a specified facility land right holder must notify the Casino Regulatory Commission of that effect without delay. The same principle applies to cases where it has ceased to be a facility land right holder due to any reason other than the measure referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph.

(7)The Casino Regulatory Commission may order a person that become a facility land right holder through transactions or acts provided for in paragraph (1) without obtaining an authorization referred to in the relevant paragraph or a person that is still a facility land right holder even after the last day of the grace period without obtaining an authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (5) to take prescribed measures for ceasing to be a facility land right holder.

Article 137(1)A person that intends to obtain an authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (5) of the preceding Article must submit an application form stating the following particulars to the Casino Regulatory Commission:

(2)An application form referred to in the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by the following documents as specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission:

Article 138(1)When an application for authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (5) of Article 136 has been filed, the Casino Regulatory Commission must examine whether the relevant application conforms to the following standards:

(2)The provisions of Article 60, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an application for authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (5) of Article 136. In this case, the term "item (ii) of the preceding paragraph" in Article 60, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 138, paragraph (1), item (i), (b)" and the term "corporation, etc." in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "corporation".

Article 139(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when any of the facts listed in the following items is discovered with respect to an authorized facility land right holder, rescind an authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (5) of Article 136:

(2)When an authorization has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a person that was an authorized facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization must take necessary measures for ceasing to be a facility land right holder within a period designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(3)The provisions of Article 136, paragraph (6) and paragraph (7) apply mutatis mutandis to the measure referred to in the preceding paragraph pertaining the person that was an authorized facility land right holder in cases where an authorization has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

Article 140(1)When an authorization referred to in Article 136, paragraph (1) has come to fall under any of the cases listed in the following items or an authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (5) of that Article has come to fall under the case listed in item (ii), the relevant authorization ceases to be effective:

(2)When an authorization has lapsed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), a person that was the authorized facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization must notify the Casino Regulatory Commission of that effect without delay.

Article 141The provisions of Article 61, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) and the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an approval for change pertaining to the authorized facility land right holder and a notification of minor changes pertaining to the authorized facility land right holder, respectively. In this case, the term "corporation, etc." in Article 61, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "corporation" and the term "paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in Article 61, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of Article 138, paragraph (1) (excluding item (ii)) and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 138, paragraph (2)".

Article 173The persons listed in the respective items of Article 69 must not enter or stay in casino facilities except for cases specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 174(1)The persons listed in the respective items of Article 69 must not engage in casino gaming.

(2)The persons listed in the following items must not engage in casino gaming in casino facilities specified in the items:

Article 175(1)No customer must transfer chips to another person or receive chips from another person.

(2)No customer must bring chips out of a casino gaming operation area.

Article 196The Casino Regulatory Commission must audit services and accounting of casino business operators as well as of casino facility provision operators every year.

Article 197(1)To the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, the Casino Regulatory Commission may request a casino business operator, any of the following persons related to that casino business operator their employees or former employees to submit reports or materials that are to serve as a reference concerning whether or not ,even after the casino business operator has obtained a license referred to in Article 39, that casino business operator still conform to the standards listed in the respective items of paragraph (1) of Article 41 and does not fall under any of the grounds listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) of that Article,(referred to as "conformity to license standards, etc." in the following paragraph) and concerning services conducted or assets held by that casino business operator:

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, have its officials ask interested parties related to persons provided for in the preceding paragraph questions about the conformity to license standards, etc. services conducted or assets held by the relevant casino business operator, have them enter the business office, office or other establishment of the relevant casino business operator, the persons listed in items (i) through (ix) of that paragraph pertaining to the relevant casino business operator or employees thereof, inspect its books and documents or other items, or remove non-electronic or magnetic casino-related devices, etc. to the extent necessary for testing without fee.

(3)The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the questions, on-site inspections and removal pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 198(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, request a casino facility provision business operator, or request any of the following persons pertaining to the relevant casino facility provision business operator or an employee or former employee thereof to submit reports or materials that are to serve as a reference concerning whether the relevant casino facility provision business operator continues to conform to the standards listed in the respective items of paragraph (1) of Article 126 after it has obtained the license referred to in Article 124;and whether it falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) of that Article (referred to as "conformity to license standards, etc." in the following paragraph);or concerning services conducted or assets held by the relevant casino business operator:

(2)To the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, the Casino Regulatory Commission may have its officials ask interested parties related to persons provided for in the preceding paragraph questions about the conformity to license standards, etc., services conducted or assets held by the relevant casino facility provision business operator or it may have them enter the business office, office or other establishment of the relevant casino facility provision business operator, the persons listed in items (i) through (vii) of that paragraph pertaining to the relevant casino facility provision business operator or employees thereof, and inspect its books and documents or other items.

(3)The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the questions and on-site inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 199(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, request any authorized major shareholder, etc., employee or former employee of the casino business operator, casino facility provision business operator or designated testing body to submit reports or materials that are to serve as a reference concerning whether the relevant authorized major shareholder, etc. continues to conform to the standards listed in the respective items of paragraph (1) of Article 60 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Articles 131 and 164) after it has obtained an authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (1) or (4) of Article 58 (including cases where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis in Articles 131 and 164; the same applies in Article 205, paragraph (2)) and whether it falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) of Article 60 (referred to as "conformity to standards for authorization, etc." in the following paragraph) or concerning the services conducted or assets held by the relevant authorized major shareholder, etc.

(2)To the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, the Casino Regulatory Commission may have its officials ask interested parties related to the persons provided for in the preceding paragraph questions about the conformity to standards for authorization, etc., or services conducted or assets held by the relevant authorized major shareholders, etc., or it may have them enter the business offices, offices or other establishments of the relevant authorized major shareholders etc. and inspect their books and documents or other items.

(3)The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the questions and on-site inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 200(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, request any authorized facility land right holder or its employee or former employee to submit reports or materials that are to serve as a reference concerning whether the relevant authorized facility land right holder continues to conform to the standards listed in the respective items of paragraph (1) of Article 138 after it has obtained the authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (1) or (5) of Article 136 and whether it falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) of Article 60 as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (2) of that Article (referred to as "conformity to standards for authorization, etc." in the following paragraph) or concerning services conducted or assets held by the relevant authorized facility land right holder.

(2)To the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, the Casino Regulatory Commission may have its officials ask interested parties related to persons provided for in the preceding paragraph questions about the conformity to standards for authorization, etc., services conducted or assets held by the relevant authorized facility land right owner, or it may have them enter the business office, office or other establishment of the relevant authorized facility land right owner and inspect its books and documents or other items.

(3)The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the questions and on-site inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 201(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, request any manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc., person who has dominant influence over business activities of the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. through contribution, loan, business transaction or any other relationship or its employee or former employee to submit reports or materials that are to serve as a reference concerning whether the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. continues to conform to the standards listed in the respective items of paragraph (1) of Article 145 after it has obtained the permission referred to in paragraph (1) of Article 143 and whether it does not fall under any of the cases listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) of that Article (referred to as "conformity to standards for permission, etc." in the following paragraph) or concerning services conducted or assets held by the relevant manufacturer, etc. of related devises, etc.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, have its officials ask interested parties related to persons provided for in the preceding paragraph questions about the conformity to standards for authorization, etc. and services conducted or assets held by the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc., have them enter the business office, office or other establishment of the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc., person who has dominant influence over business activities of the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. through contribution, loan, business transaction or any other relationship or its employee or former employee and inspect its books and documents or other items, or remove non-electronic or magnetic casino-related devices, etc. to the extent necessary for testing without fee.

(3)The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the questions, on-site inspections and removal pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 202(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, request any designated testing body, the following persons related to the relevant designated testing body, or its employee or former employee to submit reports or materials that should serve as a reference concerning whether the relevant designated testing body continues to conform to the standards listed in the respective items of paragraph (4) of Article 159 after it has obtained the designation referred to Article 159, paragraph (1) and whether it falls under any of the causes listed in the respective items of paragraph (5) of that Article (referred to as "conformity to standards for designation, etc." in the following paragraph), or concerning services conducted or assets held by the relevant designated testing body:

(2)To the extent necessary for enforcing this Act, the Casino Regulatory Commission may have its officials ask interested parties of persons provided for in the preceding paragraph questions about the conformity to standards for designation, etc. and services conducted or assets held by the relevant designated testing body, or it may have them enter the business office, office or other establishment of the relevant designated testing body, the persons listed in the respective items of that paragraph pertaining to the relevant designated testing body or its employees and inspect its books and documents or other items.

(3)The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the questions and on-site inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 203(1)An official of the Casino Regulatory Commission may, to the extent necessary for enforcing the provisions referred to in Article 73, paragraph (13) or Article 74, paragraph (7), ask questions to a casino business operator or its employees or interested parties thereof or enter the casino facilities to inspect casino-related devices, etc. and other items.

(2)The provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the questions and on-site inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 204(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds it necessary in order to ensure the sound operation of the casino business of a casino business operator in light of the status of services or property thereof, order the relevant casino business operator to change its operational method statement, submit a plan for improvements of business operations or the status of property and take other necessary measures for improving its business operations or the status of property thereof, or, within the scope of this necessity, order the suspension of all or part of the relevant casino business or related services within casino gaming operation areas.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it is found that a casino business operator falls under or is likely to fall under any of the cases listed in the following items, within the scope of this necessity, order the relevant casino business operator to suspend all or part of the relevant casino business or related services within casino gaming operation areas, setting an appropriate time limit:

(3)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a casino business operator falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of the preceding paragraph, rescind a license referred to in Article 39 or an approval referred to in Article 91, paragraph (1).

(4)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a casino business operator conducts related services within casino gaming operation areas pertaining to an approval referred to in Article 91, paragraph (1) by any method that may significantly affect the sound operation of the casino business, rescind the relevant approval or order the relevant casino business operator to suspend all or part of the relevant related services within casino gaming operation areas.

(5)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when the other party of a contract authorized under Article 95, paragraph (1) falls under any of the following items, rescind the relevant authorization:

(6)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when the other party of a contract pertaining to a re-entrustment pertaining to a permission authorized under Article 100, paragraph (1) falls under any of the following items, rescind the relevant authorization:

(7)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a confirmed person engaged in specified casino services falls under any of the items of paragraph (2) or a casino business operator falls under the items of paragraph (2) and the relevant confimed person engaged in specified casino services has committed the violation, rescind a confirmation referred to in Article 114 with respect to the relevant confirmed person engaged in specified casino services.

(8)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when any of the officers of a casino business operator fall under any of the cases listed in the items of paragraph (2) or the relevant casino business operator falls under any of the cases listed in the items of that paragraph and the relevant officer has committed the violation, order the relevant casino business operator to dismiss the relevant officer.

Article 205(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds it necessary in order to ensure the sound operation of the casino business, casino facility provision business or testing affairs carried out by a designated testing body, order the authorized major shareholders, etc. of a casino business operator, casino facility provision business operator or designated testing body (hereinafter referred to as "casino business operator, etc. in this Article) that carries out such business to take necessary measures for supervision.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when authorized major shareholders, etc. of a casino business operator, etc. violated this Act, an order based on this Act or a disposition based on this Act or on such an order, rescind an authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (4) of Article 58.

(3)When an authorization has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a person that was an authorized major shareholder, etc. pertaining to the relevant authorization must take necessary measures so that the relevant person ceases to be a holder of the number of voting rights, etc. which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold of the casino business operator, etc. within a period designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(4)In cases where an authorization has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), a person that was an authorized major shareholder, etc. pertaining to the relevant authorization must, when it has ceased to be a holder of the number of voting rights, etc. which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold of the casino business operator, etc. pursuant to the measure referred in the preceding paragraph, notify the Casino Regulatory Commission to that effect without delay. The same principle applies to cases where the relevant person has ceased to be a holder of the number of voting rights, etc. which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold of the casino business operator, etc. without taking the relevant measure.

(5)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, even after a period designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission referred to in paragraph (3) lapses, order a person that is still a holder of the number of voting rights, etc. which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold of the casino business operator, etc. to take necessary measures for ceasing to be a holder of the number of voting rights, etc. which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold of the casino business operator, etc.

Article 206(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds it necessary in order to ensure the sound operation of the casino facility provision business in light of the status of services provided by a casino facility provision business operator or property thereof, order the relevant casino facility provision business operator to change its operational method statement, submit a plan for improvements of business operations or the financial status and take other necessary measures for improving its business operations or the financial status thereof, or, within the scope of this necessity, order it to suspend all or part of the relevant casino facility provision business, setting an appropriate time limit.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds that a casino business operator falls under or is likely to fall under any of the cases listed in the following items, order the relevant casino facility provision business operator to suspend all or part of the relevant casino facility provision business, setting a time limit:

(3)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a casino facility provision business operator falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of the preceding paragraph, rescind a license referred to in Article 124.

(4)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when the other party of a contract authorized pursuant to Article 133, paragraph (2) falls under any of the cases listed in the following items, rescind the relevant authorization:

(5)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when the other party of a contract pertaining to a re-entrustment pertaining to a permission authorized under Article 100, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 133, paragraph (4) falls under any of the cases listed in the following items, rescind the relevant authorization:

(6)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a confirmed person engaged in specified casino facility provision services falls under any of the items of paragraph (2) or a casino facility provision business operator falls under any of the items of paragraph (2) and the relevant confirmed person engaged in specified casino facility provision services has committed the violation, rescind a confirmation referred to in Article 134, paragraph (1) with respect to the relevant confirmed person engaged in specified casino facility provision services.

(7)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when any of the officers of a casino facility provision business operator fall under any of the cases listed in the items of paragraph (2) or the relevant casino facility provision business operator falls under any of the cases listed in the items of that paragraph and the relevant officer has committed the violation, order the relevant casino facility provision business operator to dismiss the relevant officer.

(8)A casino business operator may not, when a casino facility provision business operator pertaining to casino facilities used thereby is ordered to suspend all or part of its casino facility provision business pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), conduct the casino business and related services in casino gaming operation areas during the relevant period of suspension in the relevant casino facilities (limited to the part pertaining to the casino facility provision business ordered to be suspended).

Article 207(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds it necessary in order to ensure the sound operation of the casino business, order an authorized facility land right holder to take necessary measures for supervision.

(2)When an authorized facility land right holder violated this Act, an order based on this Act or a disposition based on this Act or that order, the Casino Regulatory Commission may rescind an authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (5) of Article 136.

(3)When an authorization has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a person that was an authorized facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization must take necessary measures for ceasing to be a facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization within a period designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(4)In cases where an authorization has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), a person that was an authorized facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization must, when it has ceased to be a facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization pursuant to the measure referred in the preceding paragraph through the measure referred to in the preceding paragraph, notify the Casino Regulatory Commission to that effect without delay. The same principle applies to cases where the relevant person has ceased to be a facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization without taking the relevant measure.

(5)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, even after a period designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission referred to in paragraph (3) lapses, order a person that is still a facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization to take necessary measures for ceasing to be a facility land right holder pertaining to the relevant authorization.

Article 208(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds it necessary in order to ensure the sound operation of the manufacturing and other business of casino-related devices, etc. in light of the status of services provided by a manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. or property thereof, order the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. to take necessary measures for improving the business operations of the relevant manufacturing and other business of casino-related devices, etc. or the financial status of the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc., or, within the scope of this necessity, order the suspension of all or part of the relevant manufacturing and other business of casino-related devices, etc., setting an appropriate time limit.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it is found that a manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. falls under any of the cases listed in the following items, rescind the permission referred to in Article 143, paragraph (1) or a pass of inspection referred to in Article 151, paragraph (1) or order the suspension of all or part of the relevant manufacturing and other business of casino-related devices, etc., setting an appropriate time limit within the scope of this necessity:

(3)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a confirmed person engaged in specified services, etc. for manufacturing casino-related devices, etc. falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) or a manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. falls under any of the cases listed in the items of that paragraph and the relevant confirmed person engaged in specified services, etc. for manufacturing casino-related devices, etc.. has committed the violation, rescind a confirmation referred to in Article 158, paragraph (1) with respect to the relevant confirmed person engaged in specified services, etc. for manufacturing casino-related devices, etc...

(4)When any of the officers of a manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. fall under any of the cases listed in the items of paragraph (2) or the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. falls under any of the cases listed in the items of that paragraph and the relevant officer has committed the violation, the Casino Regulatory Commission may order the relevant manufacturer, etc. of casino-related devices, etc. to dismiss the relevant officer.

Article 209The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a foreign manufacturer of casino-related devices, etc. (meaning a foreign manufacturer of casino-related devices, etc. provided for in Article 142, paragraph (10); the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 217, paragraph (4), item (iii)) falls under any of the cases listed in the following items, rescind a certification referred to in Article 150, paragraph (1) or a pass of inspection referred to in Article 151, paragraph (2):

Article 210(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds it necessary in order to ensure the proper and secure implementation of testing affairs, issue a necessary order for supervision of testing affairs to a designated testing body or order it to suspend all or part of the relevant testing affairs within the scope of this necessity, setting an appropriate time limit.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a designated testing body falls under any of the cases listed in the following items, rescind a designation under Article 159, paragraph (1) or order it to suspend all or part of its testing affairs, setting an appropriate time limit:

(3)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when a confirmed person engaged in specified testing affairs falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of the preceding paragraph or a designated testing body falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of that paragraph and the relevant confirmed person engaged in specified testing affairs has committed the violation, rescind a confirmation referred to in Article 165, paragraph (1) with respect to the relevant confirmed person engaged in specified testing affairs.

(4)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when any of the officers of a designated testing body fall under any of the cases listed in the respective items of paragraph (2) or the relevant designated testing body falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of that paragraph and the relevant officer has committed the violation, order the relevant designated testing body to dismiss the relevant officer.

Article 211(1)When it has made a disposition under the provisions of Article 49 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 130), Article 91, paragraph (7), Article 98 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 101, paragraph (3) (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 133, paragraph (4)) and Article 133, paragraph (4); the same applies in the following paragraph), Article 119 (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 134, paragraph (2)), Article 204 or Article 206 (excluding paragraph (8)) or issued an order to a casino business operator or casino facility provision business operator under the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1), the Casino Regulatory Commission must, notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the details and reasons of the relevant disposition.

(2)When it has made a disposition provided for in the preceding paragraph (excluding a disposition under the provisions of Article 98, Article 204, paragraph (5) and paragraph (6) and Article 206, paragraph (4) and paragraph (5)), the Casino Regulatory Commission must make a public notice to that effect without delay as specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission.

Article 212When it intends to order the suspension of the casino business or related services in casino gaming operation areas pursuant to the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (1), paragraph (2) or paragraph (4), it intends to order the suspension of the casino facility provision business pursuant to the provisions of Article 206, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), it intends to order the suspension of the manufacturing and other business of casino-related devices, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 208, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or it intends to order the suspension of testing affairs of designated testing bodies pursuant to the provisions of Article 210, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the Casino Regulatory Commission must hold a hearing irrespective of the categories of procedures for hearing statements of opinion under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993).

Article 213(1)A Casino Regulatory Commission is established based on the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (Act No. 89 of 1999).

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission is administratively attached to the Prime Minister.

Article 214The Casino Regulatory Commission has the duties of maintaining order and ensuring safety concerning the establishment and operation of casino facilities.

Article 215The Casino Regulatory Commission takes charge of the following affairs in order to achieve the duties referred to in the preceding Article:

Article 216The chairperson and the commissioners of the Casino Regulatory Commission perform their authority independently.

Article 217(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission consists of a chairperson and four commissioners.

(2)Two of four commissioners may be part-time commissioners.

(3)A chairperson and commissioners are appointed by the Prime Minister upon obtaining the consent of both houses of the Diet from among persons who are of noble character, who can fairly judge particulars belonging to the performance of affairs under the jurisdiction of the Casino Regulatory Commission and have excellent knowledge and experience.

(4)No person who falls under any of the following items may become a chairperson or a commissioner of the Casino Regulatory Commission:

Article 218(1)The term of office of the chairperson and commissioners of the Casino Regulatory Commission is five years; provided, however, that the term of office of a chairperson or commissioners chosen to fill a vacancy is the remaining term of the predecessor.

(2)The chairperson and commissioners may be reappointed.

(3)When the term of office of a chairperson or commissioners expires, the relevant chairperson or commissioners is to continuously execute their duties until their successor is appointed.

(4)In cases where the term of office of a chairperson or a commissioner has expired or where a position becomes vacant, when the consent by both Houses of the Diet cannot be obtained due to the closing of the Diet or the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 217, paragraph (3), appoint a chairperson or a commissioner from among those persons who have those qualifications specified in that paragraph.

(5)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the appointment must be approved ex post by both Houses in the first Diet session after the the relevant appointment. If the Prime Minister fails to obtain such ex post approval, the minister must immediately dismiss the the relevant chairperson or commissioner of the Casino Regulatory Commission.

Article 219A chairperson or a commissioner may not be dismissed from office against the chairperson's or commissioner's will, except in cases falling under any of the following items:

Article 220When a chairperson or a commissioner falls under any of the cases listed in the respective items of the preceding Article, The Prime Minister must dismiss the relevant chairperson or commissioner.

Article 221(1)The chairperson presides over the affairs of the Casino Regulatory Commission and represent the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission must designate in advance from among full-time commissioners a person to be an acting chairperson in cases where the chairperson has an accident.

Article 222(1)The meetings of the Casino Regulatory Commission are convened by the chairperson.

(2)The Casino Regulatory Commission may not hold a meeting and adopt a resolution unless the chairperson and two or more commissioners are present.

(3)A decision of the Casino Regulatory Commission is to be made by a majority of the attendees, and when in a tie vote, the chairperson is to make a decision.

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a certification made by the Casino Regulatory Commission under the provisions of Article 219, item (iii) must have the unanimous concurrence by all commissioners and the chairperson except for the commissioner or chairperson concerned.

(5)With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article in cases where the chairperson has an accident, the person who substitutes for the chairperson as provided for in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article is deemed to be the chairperson.

Article 223(1)Expert advisors may be appointed to the Casino Regulatory Commission in order to investigate particulars requiring expertise.

(2)An expert advisor is to be appointed by the Prime Minister based on a proposal made by the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(3)An expert advisor is to be dismissed at the end of the relevant investigation on particulars requiring expertise.

(4)Expert advisors serve on a part-time basis.

Article 224(1)A Secretariat is established in the Casino Regulatory Commission to deal with the administrative affairs of the Casino Regulatory Commission.

(2)The Secretariat has a Secretary-General and other officials.

(3)The Secretary-General administers affairs under the jurisdiction of the secretariat in accordance with orders from the chairperson.

Article 225(1)The chairperson and commissioners, during their term of office, must not be officers of political parties or other political organizations or actively participate in political activities.

(2)The chairperson and full-time commissioners must not engage in any other duty for fees or operate a profit-making business or provide other services for the purpose of gaining monetary profit while holding an office, except when permission has been gained from the Prime Minister.

Article 226The chairperson, commissioners and expert advisors of the Casino Regulatory Commission, and officials of the secretariat must not divulge or steal any secret that may have come to their knowledge in the course of their duties. The same applies after they retire from their duties.

Article 227The salary of the chairperson and commissioners is separately specified by an Act.

Article 228If the Casino Regulatory Commission finds it necessary for the enforcement of this Act, the Casino Regulatory Commission may make inquiries to public offices, public or private organizations or other related parties and request them to report on necessary particulars.

Article 229(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may, when it finds it to be necessary, entrust a part of the following investigations to a person that conforms to the standards specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission as a person that is capable of appropriately carrying out such investigations within the limit necessary for the enforcement of this Act:

(2)Any entity that is entrusted with administrative affairs pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), its employees, or former employees must not divulge any secret that may have come to their knowledge concerning the relevant entrusted administrative affairs.

(3)With regard to the application of the Penal Code and other penal provisions, an entity that is entrusted with administrative affairs pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or its employees or former employees engaging in those entrusted administrative affairs are deemed to be officials engaged in public service under laws and regulations.

Article 230The Casino Regulatory Commission may establish rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission regarding the administrative affairs under its jurisdiction, in order to enforce laws or Cabinet Orders or if it is based on a special delegation by laws or Cabinet Orders.

Article 231(1)The government is to allocate an amount equivalent to the amount of payment to the treasury provided for in Article 192, paragraph (1) as necessary costs for taking measures for the promotion of tourism, measures for the promotion of local economies, other measures for achieving the purpose referred to in Article 1 and the duties of the national government referred to in Article 3 and measures for enhancing social welfare and promoting culture and arts.

(2)With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount is calculated each fiscal year based on the budget for the applicable fiscal year.

Article 232A certified prefecture, etc. is to allocate an amount equivalent to the amount of payment to the certified prefecture, etc. provided for in Article 193, paragraph (1) as necessary costs for taking measures for the promotion of tourism, measures for the promotion of local economies, other measures for achieving the purpose referred to in Article 1 and the duties of local governments referred to in Article 4 and measures for enhancing social welfare and promoting culture and arts.

Article 233(1)As specified by Cabinet Order, the following persons must pay an amount of fees specified by Cabinet Order taking into consideration the actual costs to the national government:

(2)A person that sits in the testing provided for in Article 159, paragraph (1) organized by a designated testing body, as specified by Cabinet Order, must pay an amount of fee specified by Cabinet Order to the relevant designated testing body taking into consideration the actual costs. In this case, the fee paid is the revenue of the relevant designated testing body.

Article 234(1)A person that applies for any of the following dispositions must pay the necessary costs for its examination to the national government:

(2)The person provided for in the preceding paragraph must pay an estimated amount of costs referred to in that paragraph which is calculated and notified by the Casino Regulatory Commission to the national government by a date designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission as specified by Cabinet Order.

(3)In cases where the Casino Regulatory Commission needs to carry out an additional investigation beyond the scope of investigation based on which the estimated amount referred to in the preceding paragraph was calculated at the time of carrying out the testing referred to in paragraph (1), the person provided for in paragraph (1)must pay an estimated amount required for the relevant additional investigation calculated and notified by the Casino Regulatory Commission to the national government by a date designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission as specified by Cabinet Order.

(4)When the amount paid as an estimated amount pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs does not reach the amount of costs referred to in paragraph (1), the person provided for in that paragraph must pay the shortfall of costs referred to in that paragraph calculated and notified by the Casino Regulatory Commission to the national government by a date designated by the Casino Regulatory Commission as specified by Cabinet Order.

(5)When the estimated amount referred to in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) or the shortfall referred to in the preceding paragraph has not been paid as specified by Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding three paragraphs, the Casino Regulatory Commission may dismiss the application.

(6)The provisions of Article 186 through Article 191 apply mutatis mutandis to the shortfall referred to in paragraph (4) to be paid by the person provided for in paragraph (1).

(7)When it notifies the person provided for in paragraph (1) of the estimated amount referred to in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) or the shortfall referred to in paragraph (4), the Casino Regulatory Commission must notify the total amount and its breakdown; provided, however, that it is not required to notify the relevant breakdown in cases where its performance of duty is deemed likely to interfere with the proper implementation of examinations referred to in the relevant paragraph.

(8)Beyond what is specified in the preceding paragraphs, necessary particulars on the payment of costs referred to in paragraph (1) are specified by the rules of the Casino Regulatory Commission.

Article 235(1)The Casino Regulatory Commission may provide the foreign authorities enforcing those foreign laws and regulations equivalent to this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "foreign enforcement authorities" in this Article) with information recognized to contribute to fulfilling their duties (limited to those equivalent to the Casino Regulatory Commission's duties provided for in this Act; the same applies in the following paragraph).

(2)With regard to the provision of information under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, appropriate action must be taken so that the relevant information is neither used for purposes other than for the enforcement of duties of the relevant foreign enforcement authorities nor used for a foreign criminal case investigation (limited to the ones conducted after the criminal facts subject to the investigation have been specified) or adjudication (hereinafter referred to as an "investigation etc.") without the consent referred to in the succeeding paragraph.

(3)When having received a request from the foreign enforcement authorities, the Casino Regulatory Commission may consent that the information provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) be used for a foreign criminal case investigation etc. in connection with the relevant request except for those cases falling under any of the following items:

(4)In the case of giving a consent under the preceding paragraph, the Casino Regulatory Commission must obtain a Minister of Justice's confirmation of the case not falling under item (i) and item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, and a Minister of Foreign Affairs' confirmation of the case not falling under item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, respectively.

Article 236(1)When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment with work for not more than five years, a fine of not more than five million yen, or both:

(2)The provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (i), item (vii) and item (viii)) does not preclude the application of the provisions of Article 185 and Article 186 of the Penal Code.

Article 237(1)When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment with work for not more than three years, a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:

(2)When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment with work for not more than three years, a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:

(3)The provisions of paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (iv) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 48, paragraph (1), item (i) and item (ii)) do not preclude the application of the provisions of Article 185 and Article 186 of the Penal Code.

Article 238When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment with work for not more than two years, a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:

Article 239(1)When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment with work for not more than one year, a fine of not more than one million yen, or both:

(2)When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment with work for not more than one year, a fine of not more than one million yen, or both:

Article 240When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment with work for not more than six months, a fine of not more than 500,000 yen, or both:

Article 241When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to a fine of not more than one million yen:

Article 242When any person falls under any of the following items, the relevant person committing the violation is subject to a fine of not more than one 300,000 yen:

Article 243(1)When the representative or administrator of a corporation (including an association or foundation that is not a corporation but whose representative or administrator has been designated; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph) or an employee of a corporation or individual violates the provisions listed in one of the following items in connection with the services or property of that corporation or individual, beyond the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation is subject to punishment by the fine specified in the relevant item, and the individual is subject to punishment by the fine referred to in the relevant Article:

(2)The period of prescription for a sentence to fine imposed upon a corporation or an individual due to a violation referred to in Article 236, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the same as that for the offences referred to in that paragraph.

(3)In cases where the provisions of paragraph (1) apply to an association or foundation that is not a corporation, its representative or administrator represent the association or foundation that is not a corporation in its procedural act, and the provisions of the Acts concerning criminal procedure in the cases where a corporation is an accused or a suspect apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 244When an employee of a casino business operator accepts, solicits or promises to accept a bribe in connection with the services pertaining to its casino gaming, the employee is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen. If such a person commits a wrongful act or fails to commit a reasonable act for this reason, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than five million yen.

Article 245(1)When a person who intends to be an employer of a casino business operator, in response to a request, accepts, solicits or promises to accept a bribe in connection with a service to be assumed with agreement to perform casino gaming, the person is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen in cases where the person becomes an employee of the relevant casino business operator.

(2)The same principle referred to in the preceding paragraph applies when a person who used to be an employee of a casino business operator accepts, solicits or promises to accept a bribe in connection with having acted illegally or having refrained from acting in the exercise of that person's service relating to casino gaming thereof in response to a request.

Article 246In the cases referred to in the preceding two Articles, any bribe that the offender has collected is confiscated. When all or part of that bribe cannot be confiscated, the offender is subject to the collection of that amount.

Article 247(1)A person who has given, offered or promised to offer a bribe as referred to in Article 244 or Article 245 is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen.

(2)When a person who has committed any offense referred to in the preceding paragraph surrenders himself or herself to the authorities, the punishment thereof may be reduced or exempted.

Article 248(1)The offenses referred to in Article 244 and Article 245 also apply to a person who has committed these offenses outside Japan.

(2)The offense referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is governed by Article 2 of the Penal Code.

Article 249A person who by the use of fraudulent means or force commits an act which impairs the fairness of casino gaming, is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen.

Article 250(1)When an officer or official of a designated testing body violates an order for suspension of testing affairs pursuant to the provisions of Article 169 or Article 210, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the officer or official who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen.

(2)When an officer or official of a designated testing body falls under any of the following items, the officer or official who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one million yen:

(3)A person who has divulged any secret in violation of the provisions of Article 166, paragraph (1) is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one million yen.

(4)When an officer or official of a designated testing body falls under any of the following items, the officer or official who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

(5)When an officer or official of a designated testing body falls under any of the following items, the officer or official who committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than one million yen:

(6)When an officer or official of a designated testing body falls under any of the following items, the officer or official who committed the violation is punished by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:

Article 251A person who violates the provisions of Article 226 and divulges or steals any secret is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than two years or a fine of not more than one million yen.