Chapter XII. Penal Provisions
Article 115-2.
• (1) When an executive official or personnel of a registered manufacturing inspection, etc.agency, a registered performance inspection agency, a registered individual examination agency, or a registered type examination agency (hereinafter referred to as “specified agency” in this Article) that conducts manufacturing inspection, etc.., performance inspection, individual examination, or type examination (hereinafter referred to as “specified service“ in this Article) accepts, requires or makes a promise of bribes related to the duty, they shall be punished with a penal servitude not exceeding five years. Those who have committed fraud or failed to carry out their duty in relation to the bribes shall be punished with a penal servitude not exceeding seven years.
• (2) If a person who is to be an executive official or personnel of a special agency that conducts the special service accepts, requires or makes a promise of bribes for some request related to the supposed duty, the person shall be punished with a penal servitude not exceeding five years at the point of time when the person becomes an executive official or personnel of the agency.
• (3) When a person who was an executive official or personnel of a special agency that conducts the special service accepted, required or made a promise of bribes for some request related to the duty during the person's time in office, and committed fraud or failed to carry out the person's duty in relation to the bribes, the person shall be punished with a penal servitude not exceeding five years.
• (4) The bribes in the preceding three paragraphs, which were received by the criminal person shall be confiscated. If it was unable to confiscate the whole or a part of the bribes, the corresponding amount of money shall be confiscated.
Article 115-3.
• (1) A person who gave, offered, or made a promise of bribes in paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) of the preceding Article shall be punished with a penal servitude not exceeding three years or with a fine not exceeding 2,500,000 yen.
• (2) When a person who had committed a crime prescribed in the previous paragraph surrendered oneself to justice, the punishment may be commuted or exempted.