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Japan Animal Welfare Act — Penalties (罰則, 第四十五・四十六・五十条)

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Japan Animal Welfare Act — Penalties (罰則, 第四十五・四十六・五十条)

First-hand full-statute text (laws.e-gov.go.jp, pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright). Each claim is the ORIGINAL JAPANESE sentence verbatim-substring-matched against source_file; English translation in parentheses.

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

  • 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。 (EN: Penalty: keeping a specific animal without permit etc. — up to 6 months imprisonment or a fine up to 1,000,000 JPY.)
  • 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、百万円以下の罰金に処する。 (EN: Penalty: operating a Type-1 business without registration, false registration, violating a business-suspension order, etc. — a fine up to 1,000,000 JPY.)
  • 愛護動物をみだりに殺し、又は傷つけた者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は五百万円以下の罰金に処する。 (EN: Penalty: killing or injuring a protected animal without due cause — up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine up to 5,000,000 JPY.)

Source: pdf-raw/jp-animal-welfare/animal_welfare_act_full.txt — full text of the Act (laws.e-gov.go.jp), pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright.

Sources

  • Act on Welfare and Management of Animals, lawid 348AC1000000105, laws.e-gov.go.jp full text, pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright