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(1) A person who has violated the provision of the Ist paragraph or of 
the 3rd paragraph of the Article I., 
(2) A person who, without the permit or the inspection, has imported plant 
diseases or injurious insects, or has transported the same from other 
parts of the Japanese Empire into Japan Proper. 
(3) A person who has violated the conditions required for the permit 
referred to in the Article III. 
Article XIII 
Every person who resists, prevents or evades the execution of official duties 
arising under the provisions of the present Law, or who does not answer or 
answers falsely the examination of the authorities for the purpose of inspection 
and search, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred (300.00) yen. 
Article XIV 
In case a person who exports plants or articles aforsaid to a foreign country 
from Japan Proper or who imports the same from a foreign country to Japan 
Porper or transports the same between Japan Proper and other parts of the 
Japanese Empire, or who actually receives the same, is a minor or an incompe- 
tent person, the penal regulations applicable under the present Law.or the 
ordinances issued thereunder, shall apply to his representative in law in so far 
as the acts in connection with the discharge of business is concerned. . If, how- 
ever, such a minor is considered to be legally capable in transaction of business 
as an adult, then this provision shall not apply. 
Article XV 
No person who exports plants or articles aforsaid to a foreign country from 
Japan Proper or who imports the same from a foreign country into Japan Proper 
or who transports the same between Japan Proper and other parts. of the 
Japanese Empire, or who actually receives the same, nor the captain of any ship 
or vessel carrying the same, shall escape punishment for an act in violation of the 
provisions of the present Law or of the ordinances issued thereunder, committed 
by his representatives, the chief member of his household, his householders, his 
co-habitants, his employees or any other engaged persons during the course of 
the discharge of their duties, on the ground that the act in question has not 
been committed under his personal direction. 
Article XVI 
The Law No. LII promulgated in the 33rd year of the Meiji (1900) shall 
have corresponding application to the acts of violation committed against the 
provissions of the present Law and of the ordinances issued thereunder. 
