Law relating to Protection of the Environment in Antarctica_Chapter VI [MOE]

Chapter VI PENAL PROVISIONS

Article 29

Any person who falls under the purview of any of the following items shall be guilty of an offense and liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one million yen:

i.: a person who violates the provisions of Article 13; Article 14, paragraph 1 or 2 (except item (iii)); Article 18; or Article 20;
2.: a person who violates the provisions of Article 16 (excluding the discharge of waste from a ship or aircraft into the sea area of Antarctica and the incineration of waste on a ship in the sea area of Antarctica);
3.: a person who violates the provisions of Article 19; or
4.: a person who violates an order issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph 1 or 2.

Article 30

Any person who falls under the purview of any of the following items shall be guilty of an offense and liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand yen:

i.: a person who, in violation of the provisions of Articles , paragraph 1 enters into an area other than the area where the Antarctic Activities specified by a certified Antarctic Activity Plan (including Antarctic Activities referred to in paragraph 2 of the same Article) are to take place, or enters into or stays in an area related to the Antarctic Activities outside the period of time in which the said Antarctic Activities are to take place (excluding cases that fall under the purview of item (iii) of the preceding Article); or
2.: a person who secures Certification through false or other improper means.

Article 31: Any person who enters into an area where Antarctic Activities are designated to take place pursuant to the provisions of Articles, paragraph 2 without reporting as required under paragraph 3 of the same Article shall be guilty of an offense and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand yen.

Article 32

Any person who falls under -the purview of any of the following items shall be guilty of an offense and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand yen:

i.: a person who violates the conditions attached to Certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph s (including cases where the same is applied, mutatis mutandis, under Article 9 paragraph 6);
2.: a person who violates the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (7);
3.: a person who fails to file a report referred to in Article 21 or files a false report; or
4.: a person who refuses, obstructs, or evades an on-the-spot inspection, refuses to answer questions, or gives false answers in relation to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph 1 or 2.

Article 33: Where the representative of a juridical person, or a proxy, employee, or any other person in the employ of a juridical or natural person, commits any of the violations referred to in Articles 29 through 32 in connection with the business activities of the juridical or natural person, the juridical or natural person shall be guilty of the same offense as the offender and liable to the same fine.