THE SPECIAL MEASURES LAW CONCERNING
THE HANDLING OF LEGAL BUSINESS BY FOREIGN LAWYERS
(The Foreign Lawyers Law)

Chapter VI. Penal Provisions

Article 63.

In cases where a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi performs any of the legal business listed in the following items, in connection with his or her practice, he or she shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than two years or a fine not exceeding 1,000,000 yen:

• (1) representation in regard to procedures, for a lawsuit (except a criminal case), a noncontentious case, a family court case concerning family affairs, a case involving execution related to civil matters, a case involving security related to civil matters or other civil cases, in court in Japan.
• (2) representation in regard to procedures for a criminal case, activities in the capacity of a counsel in a criminal case, activities in the capacity of an attendant in a juvenile protection case before a family court or assistance to a fugitive criminal in an extradition case in connection with a request for the examination of extraditability made with the court.
• (3) representation in regard to procedures for a case of a complaint against an administrative agency in Japan, such as a statement of objections, or a demand for investigation.
• (4) giving an expert opinion in writing in regard to the interpretation or applicability of a law which is or was effective in Japan (excluding the treaties or other international laws which are contained in the law of the country of primary qualification or in designated laws, or the treaties or other international laws which are contained in the law of the specified foreign country in cases where he or she performs the legal business concerning the law of a specified foreign country in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 5-2).

Article 64.

1. A person who, by a fraudulent or other unjust means, has had the registration made in the Register of Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi or had the supplementary registration of designated laws made in it, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than two years or a fine not exceeding 1,000,000 yen.
2. An attempt of the offences mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be punished.

Article 65.

A person who violates the provisions of Article 26 of the Bengoshi Law which applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50 of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than three years.

Article 66.

A person who violates the provisions of Article 27 or 28 of the Bengoshi Law which applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 50 of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than two years or a fine not exceeding 1,000,000 yen.

Article 67.

1. In cases where a person who is or was a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi discloses, without due reason, another person's secret which has come to his or her knowledge in the course of his or her practice, he or she shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than six months or a fine not exceeding 100,000 yen.
2. The offence mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be prosecuted only upon complaint.

Article 68.

A person who violates the provisions of Article 61 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen.