Crime of False Notification Article 974 A person who falls under any one of the following items is punished by a fine of not more than three hundred thousand yen:一 第九百五十条の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者(i) a person who has failed to give notification under the provisions of Article 950 or has given false notification;二 第九百五十五条第一項の規定に違反して、調査記録簿等（同項に規定する調査記録簿等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）に同項に規定する電子公告調査に関し法務省令で定めるものを記載せず、若しくは記録せず、若しくは虚偽の記載若しくは記録をし、又は同項若しくは第九百五十六条第二項の規定に違反して調査記録簿等を保存しなかった者(ii) a person who, in violation of the provisions of Article 955, paragraph (1), has failed to state or record in an Investigation Record Book, etc. (meaning the Investigation Record Book, etc. prescribed in that paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this item) the matters prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order concerning Electronic Public Notice Investigations prescribed in that paragraph, or has stated or recorded false matters, or who, in violation of the provisions of that paragraph or Article 956, paragraph (2), has failed to preserve an Investigation Record Book, etc.; or三 第九百五十八条第一項の規定による報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の報告をし、又は同項の規定による検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避した者(iii) a person who has failed to make a report under the provisions of Article 958, paragraph (1) or has made a false report, or who has refused, obstructed or avoided an inspection under the provisions of that paragraph.
