**Unofficial Translation**
The Act Prohibiting Acceptance of Profits from Intermediation by those Engaged in Public Service (Act No. 130 of 2000) (Mediation gain public officials) Article 1 Member of the House of Representatives, buying and selling local governments signed or country, loan. (Hereinafter referred to as the "person who is in a public office" length) or members of parliament or local government members of the House of councilors, the administration to a specific person or other contract with regard to the disposition of the agency, in response to the solicitation, so as to act on their duties to public officials to exercise their influence on the basis of its authority, for each that you have or that you refrain from acting in a particular way, or on the property as its reward when you are receiving the benefits of, be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than three years. 2 Sale of the person who is in a public office, the corporation that local government has invested more than 2/1 of the capital or the country has concluded, loan relates to other contract, in response to the solicitation, the influence on the basis of its authority Even when so as to act on their duties to officers or employees of the corporation to exercise, per that you have or that you refrain from acting in a particular way, or were receiving property benefits as a reward, as in the previous section and. (Gain Mediation secretary Rep.) Article 2 Or such member of the House of Representatives said in the person who is used to members of the House of councilors or members of the House of Representatives other secretary prescribed vii nineteenth law years twenty-two Diet Law (Showa (secretary of members of the House of councilors) to Article 132 or a member of the House of Representatives buying and selling local governments signed or country.) the same, lending, with regard to the disposition of the administrative agency to a specific person, in response to the solicitation or other contract contractors below. to say something to assist the political activities of members of the House of councilors, so as to act on their duties to public officials to exercise their influence based on the rights of members of the House of councilors or such member of the House of Representatives said, per that you have or that you refrain from acting in a particular way, or the property benefits as a reward when I received shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than two years. 2 Trading corporation that local government has invested more than 2/1 of the capital or the country has concluded, loan relates to other contract, in response to the solicitation, secretary of
members of the House of Councilors is, or member of the House of Representatives or such member of the House of Representatives so as to act on their duties to officers or employees of the corporation to exercise influence on the basis of the authority of the members of the House of Councilors concerned, per that you have or that you refrain from acting in a particular way, or the property benefits as a reward even when the levying, I will be the same as those set forth in the preceding paragraph. (Penalties and forfeiture) Article 3 In the case of the preceding two Articles, the property benefits the offender has received shall be confiscated. When it is not possible to confiscate the whole or a part of, and the value of such penalty. (Profit sharing) Article 4 A person who has given the property benefits Article, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 2.5 million yen or imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a first article. (Offenses abroad) Article 5 The provisions of Article 2, apply to a person who has committed the crime of these conditions in and outside of Japan Article. (Note on application) Article 6 In the application of this Act shall be noted so as not to unduly interfere with the political activities of those who hold public office. Extract Supplementary Provisions (Effective Date) 1 This Act shall come into force from the date of three months has lapsed from the date of promulgation. Supplementary Provisions (Item (ix) Act No. twenty-six Sun July fourteen years, 2002) This Act shall come into force from the date of the expiration of thirty days from the date of promulgation.