第五十条次に掲げる場合には、輸出組合又は輸入組合の発起人、役員又は清算人は、二十万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 50(1)In the following cases, the founders, officers or liquidators of an exporters partnership or importers partnership are punished by a non-criminal fine of not more than 200,000 yen:

一この法律の規定による登記をすることを怠つたとき。

(i)when having failed to complete registration under the provisions of this Act;

二第十五条第六項(第十九条の六において準用する場合を含む。)において準用する会社法第九百四十一条の規定に違反して、同条の調査を求めなかつたとき。

(ii)when having failed to request the investigation referred to in Article 941 of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (6) (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-6), in violation of the provisions of Article 941 of the relevant Act;

三第十九条第一項(第十九条の六において準用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。)において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第九条の二第三項の規定に違反したとき。

(iii)when having violated the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-6; hereinafter the same applies in this Article);

四第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第十条の二、第三十四条の二又は第四十条(同条(第一項、第十一項及び第十三項を除く。)の規定を第十九条第一項において準用する同法第六十九条において準用する場合を含む。)の規定に違反して、書類若しくは電磁的記録を備え置かず、書類若しくは電磁的記録に記載し、若しくは記録すべき事項を記載せず、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、又は正当な理由がないのに書類若しくは電磁的記録に記録された事項を経済産業省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧若しくは謄写若しくは書類の謄本若しくは抄本の交付、電磁的記録に記録された事項を電磁的方法により提供すること若しくはその事項を記載した書面の交付を拒んだとき。

(iv)when having failed to keep documents, electronic or magnetic records, having failed to specify or record the necessary information in documents, electronic or magnetic records or having specified or recorded false information therein, or having refused to allow, without reasonable grounds, the inspection or copying of any information recorded in documents, electronic or magnetic records and displayed by a method specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, deliver a transcript or extract of documents, provide any information recorded in electronic or magnetic records by an electronic or magnetic means or deliver documents that contain such information, in violation of the provisions of Article 10-2, Article 34-2 or Article 40 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) (including the case where Article 40 of the relevant Act (excluding paragraphs (1), (11) and (13)) is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the relevant Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1));

五第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第十四条の規定に違反したとき。

(v)when having violated the provisions of Article 14 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

六第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第十九条第二項、第四十二条第五項若しくは第六項又は第四十五条第五項若しくは第六項の規定に違反したとき。

(vi)when having violated the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2), Article 42, paragraph (5) or paragraph (6), or Article 45, paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

七第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第二十七条第七項、第三十六条の七第一項(第十九条第一項において準用する同法第六十九条において準用する場合を含む。)若しくは第五十三条の四第一項の規定又は第十九条第一項において準用する同法第六十九条において準用する会社法第四百九十二条第一項の規定に違反して、議事録若しくは財産目録若しくは貸借対照表を作成せず、又はこれらの書類若しくは電磁的記録に記載し、若しくは記録すべき事項を記載せず、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たとき。

(vii)when having failed to prepare minutes, an inventory of property or a balance sheet, having failed to detail or record the necessary information in these documents, electronic or magnetic records or having specified or recorded false information therein, in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (7), Article 36-7, paragraph (1) or Article 53-4, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) (including the cases where Article 36-7, paragraph (1) of the relevant Act is applied pursuant to Article 69 of the relevant Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1)), or the provisions of Article 492, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

八第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十五条第六項の規定に違反して、同項に規定する者に該当する者を監事に選任しなかつたとき。

(viii)when having failed to appoint, as an auditor, a person who falls within the category of persons provided in Article 35, paragraph (6) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act, in violation of the provisions of the relevant paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

九第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十五条第七項の規定に違反したとき。

(ix)when having violated the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (7) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

十第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十五条の二又は第六十二条第二項の規定に違反したとき。

(x)when having violated the provisions of Article 35-2 or Article 62, paragraph (2) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

十一第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十六条の三第三項において準用する会社法第三百四十三条第二項の規定による請求があつた場合において、その請求に係る事項を総会の目的とせず、又はその請求に係る議案を総会に提出しなかつたとき。

(xi)when, upon a request having been filed under the provisions of Article 343, paragraph (2) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36-3, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1), having failed to include the matters contained in the relevant request in the purpose of the general meeting or having failed to submit the proposal contained in the relevant request to the general meeting;

十二第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十六条の三第三項において準用する会社法第三百八十一条第二項若しくは第三百八十四条の規定、第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十六条の三第五項において準用する会社法第三百八十九条第五項の規定又は第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第六十九条において準用する会社法第三百八十一条第二項、第三百八十四条若しくは第四百九十二条第一項の規定による調査を妨げたとき。

(xii)when having obstructed the investigation under the provisions of Article 381, paragraph (2) or Article 384 of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36-3, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1), the provisions of Article 389, paragraph (5) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36-3, paragraph (5) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1), or the provisions of Article 381, paragraph (2), Article 384 or Article 492, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

十三第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十六条の三第五項において準用する会社法第三百八十九条第四項の規定又は第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十六条の七第五項(第十九条第一項において準用する同法第六十九条において準用する場合を含む。)、第四十一条第三項若しくは第五十三条の四第四項の規定に違反して、正当な理由がないのに書面又は電磁的記録に記録された事項を経済産業省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧又は謄写を拒んだとき。

(xiii)when having refused, without reasonable grounds, to allow inspection or copying of any information recorded in documents, electronic or magnetic records and displayed by a method specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in violation of the provisions of Article 389, paragraph (4) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36-3, paragraph (5) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1), or the provisions of Article 36-7, paragraph (5), Article 41, paragraph (3) or Article 53-4, paragraph (4) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) (including the cases where Article 36-7, paragraph (5) of the relevant Act is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1));

十四第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十七条第一項(第十九条第一項において準用する同法第六十九条において準用する場合を含む。)の規定に違反したとき。

(xiv)when having violated the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) (including the cases where Article 37, paragraph (1) of the relevant Act is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the relevant Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1));

十五第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十八条第一項(第十九条第一項において準用する同法第六十九条において準用する場合を含む。)又は第三十八条の二第六項の規定による開示をすることを怠つたとき。

(xv)when having failed to disclose the necessary information under the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (1) or Article 38-2, paragraph (6) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) (including the cases where Article 38, paragraph (1) of the relevant Act is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1));

十六第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十八条第三項(第十九条第一項において準用する同法第六十九条において準用する場合を含む。)の規定に違反して、理事会に報告せず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。

(xvi)when having failed to report the necessary information to the council or having reported false information in violation of the provisions of Article 38, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) (including the cases where Article 38, paragraph (3) of the relevant Act is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1));

十七第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第四十六条の規定に違反したとき。

(xvii)when having violated the provisions of Article 46 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

十八第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第五十七条の五の規定に違反したとき。

(xviii)when having violated the provisions of Article 57-5 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

十九第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第六十九条において準用する会社法第四百八十四条第一項の規定に違反して、破産手続開始の申立てを怠つたとき。

(xix)when having failed to file a petition for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings in violation of the provisions of Article 484, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1);

二十第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第六十九条において準用する会社法第四百九十九条第一項の規定による公告をすることを怠つたとき、又は不正の公告をしたとき。

(xx)when having failed to give public notice under the provisions of Article 499, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) or having given false public notice;

二十一清算の結了を遅延させる目的で、第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第六十九条において準用する会社法第四百九十九条第一項の期間を不当に定めたとき。

(xxi)when having inappropriately specified the period referred to in Article 499, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1), for the purpose of delaying the completion of liquidation;

二十二第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第六十九条において準用する会社法第五百条第一項の規定に違反して、債務の弁済をしたとき。

(xxii)when having performed obligations in violation of Article 500, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1); or

二十三第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第六十九条において準用する会社法第五百二条の規定に違反して、輸出組合又は輸入組合の財産を分配したとき。

(xxiii)when having distributed property of the exporters partnership or importers partnership in violation of the provisions of Article 502 of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 69 of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1).

2会社法第九百七十六条に規定する者が、第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十六条の三第三項において準用する会社法第三百八十一条第三項又は第十九条第一項において準用する中小企業等協同組合法第三十六条の三第五項において準用する会社法第三百八十九条第五項の規定による調査を妨げたときも、前項と同様とする。

(2)The preceding paragraph also applies when any of the persons provided in Article 976 of the Companies Act has obstructed the investigation under the provisions of Article 381, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36-3, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1), or the provisions of Article 389, paragraph (5) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36-3, paragraph (5) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1).