(Penal Provisions)

Article 18.

Any person who comes under any one of the following items shall be punished with penal servitude or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or be punished with a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand yen:

(1) Any person who, in violation of the provision of Article 3, Paragraph 1, Article 7, Paragraph 1 or Article 11, Paragraph 1 or 2, fails to make the application in accordance with such provisions and stays in Japan over the period prescribed in the said paragraphs;
(1)-2 Any person who fails to apply in accordance with Article 6-2, Paragraph 1;
(2) Any person who makes a false application with respect to the application provided for in Article 3, Paragraph 1, Article 7, Paragraph 1, Article 8, Paragraph 1 or 2, Article 9, Paragraph 1, Article 9-2, Paragraph 1, Article 9-3, Paragraph 1 or Article 11, Paragraph 1 or 2 (including the application in the cases provided for in Article 15, Paragraph 2 or 3);
(3) Any person who obstructs the application provided for in Article 3, Paragraph 1, Article 7, Paragraph 1, Article 8, Paragraph 1 or 2, Article 9, Paragraph 1, Article 9-2, Paragraph 1, Article 9-3, Paragraph 1 or Article 11, Paragraph 1 or 2 (including the application in the cases provided for in Article 15, Paragraph 2 or 3);
(4) Any person who violates the provision of Article 3, Paragraph 4;
(5) Any person who fails to obey the order provided for in Article 6, Paragraph 6, Article 6-2, Paragraph 2 or Article 10-2, Paragraph 2 or obstructs the application or the presentation of the registration certificate to be made in obeyance to the order provided for in the said paragraphs (including the application and presentation in the cases provided for in Article 15, Paragraph 2);
(6) Any person who, in violation of the provision of Article 13, Paragraph 1, fails to receive the registration certificate or obstructs the receipt of the registration certificate issued or returned by the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village (including the receipt in the cases provided for in Article 15, Paragraphs 2 and 3),
(7) Any person who, in violation of the provision of Article 13, Paragraph 2, refuses to present the registration certificate;
(8) Any person who, in violation of the provision of Article 14-2, fails to affix his signature or prevents one from affixing signature;
(9) Any person who used a registration certificate bearing the name of any other person;
(10) Any person who transfers or lends his registration certificate for the use of any other person or has a registration certificate under the name of any other person transferred or lent to him for his own use.

2. Any person who commits any of the offenses mentioned in the preceding paragraph may be punished with either penal servitude and a fine or imprisonment and a fine.