proportionately large in light of the circumstances of such offender's work or such offender's receipt of any benefit under any law or regulation during such period.

(Penalties against Employers, etc.)

Article 15.

When any representative of a corporation, or any agent, servant or other employee of a corporation or a natural person commits any offense designated in Article 5 through Article 9 in connection with the business of such corporation or natural person, the fine specified in the relevant article shall be imposed on the corporation or natural person in addition to the punishment of the perpetrator.

(Confiscation Procedures for a Third Party's Property, etc.)

Article 16.

When any credit, etc. (meaning any property other than immovables and movables. The same shall apply in Article 18.) which falls under property enumerated in the items of Paragraph 1 or of Paragraph 3 of Article 11 belongs to any person other than the defendant (hereinafter in this article referred to as the "third party"), the court may not order the confiscation unless such third party is permitted to intervene in the proceeding of the defendant's case.

2. When any property that is the subject of any superficies, hypothec or other right of any third party is to be confiscated pursuant to the provisions of this Law, the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law or any other law or regulation for any drug offense or any offense designated in Article 6 or Article 7 (hereinafter referred to as "drug offense, etc."), the same as provided for in the preceding paragraph shall apply unless such third party is permitted to intervene in the proceeding of the defendant's case.

3. When any property that is the subject of any superficies, hypothec or other right of any third party is to be confiscated, the provisions of Paragraph 3 through Paragraph 5 of Article 18 of the Organized Crime Punishment Law shall apply mutatis mutandis if such right is to be maintained pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 15 of the Organized Crime Punishment Law which is applied mutatis mutandis by Article 12.

4. Except as otherwise provided for in this Law, the provisions of the Law on Temporary Measures concerning Confiscation Procedures for Confiscation in Criminal Proceedings of Things Owned by Third Persons (Law No. 138 of 1963) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures for confiscation of property specified in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 of this article.

(Disposition, etc. of Confiscated Credits, etc.)

Article 17.

The provision of Article 19 of the Organized Crime Punishment Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to any confiscation under Article 11 and the provision of Article 20 shall be applied likewise to any case where a request is made to a relevant authority for a registration of transfer of any right pursuant to a judicial decision of confiscation of any property whose transfer requires registration. In this case, the term "Part 1 of the succeeding article" shall be read as "Chapter V of the Law concerning Special Provisions for the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law, etc. and Other Matters for the Prevention of Activities Encouraging Illicit Conducts and Other Activities Involving Controlled Substances Through International Cooperation."

(Special Provision for Criminal Compensation)

Article 18.

The provision of Paragraph 6 of Article 4 of the Criminal Compensation Law (Law No. 1 of 1950) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the contents of the compensation made under the said Law for the execution of the confiscation of credits, etc.

(Securing Order for Confiscation)

Article 19.

A court may, either at the request of a public prosecutor or ex officio, prohibit the disposition of any property involved in a criminal proceeding for any drug offense, etc. pending before it by issuing a securing order for confiscation if the court finds that there is probable cause to deem such property confiscable under the provisions of this Law, the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law,