飲食店などの時短拒否、50万円以下の過料で調整　政府

Refusal to shorten business hour will be charged with a fine up to 500,000 yen

If the restaurants and bars do not respond to an order from the prefectural governor to take a leave of absence or shorten business hours under a state of emergency, the government will amend the Act on Special Measures for Coronavirus Infectious Diseases, which is usually aimed at early enactment in the Diet. The final adjustment has been made in the direction of setting a fine of 500,000 yen or less. Even during the period of "precautionary measures (tentative name)" to be newly established as a preliminary step to the declaration, adjustments are being made to set a fine of 300,000 yen or less.

The government explained the outline of the revised bill including the number of fines to the LDP executives.

In addition, in the infectious disease law amendment bill to be submitted together with the special measures law amendment bill, penalties for infected persons who refused hospitalization will be newly established, and the final criminal penalty will be "imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to 1 million yen". I'm adjusting.

In the original draft of the amendment bill that the government has presented to the ruling and opposition parties, a new "precautionary measure" will be established before the declaration so that the governor can give a powerful "order" to restaurants, etc. regarding the change of business hours. It is stipulated to be. The policy was to set a new fine, which is administrative punishment if there was a violation, but the opposition party criticized it and did not indicate the amount.

Under the current law, there are no penalties for restaurants not responding, and the government will newly set a fine of 300,000 yen or less at the stage of preventive measures and 500,000 yen or less after the declaration is issued to ensure its effectiveness. direction. The effective date of the law is adjusted to be about 10 days from the promulgation of the enacted law in the official bulletin.

The government plans to officially present such amendments to the Special Measures Law at a meeting of the LDP next week. The ordinary Diet session is aiming for the passage in early February, but opposition parties have criticized the introduction of penalties, and the amendment is likely to be opposed.

Source: https://digital.asahi.com/articles/ASP1G6QBZP1GUTFK011.html?pn=5