A stationary-type information code reading apparatus, the apparatus comprises: a case having an up and down direction, the case being provided with a top wall portion and a bottom wall portion in the up and down direction, a reading opening being formed through the top wall portion to communicate between outside and inside the case; and an imaging unit in which a predetermined light receiving area is set; characterized in that the reading opening is directed upward through the top wall portion when the apparatus is used on a mounting surface such that the bottom wall portion of the case is directed downward to the mounting surface; and the apparatus further comprising, a reflecting unit housed inside a space provided between the top and bottom wall portions of the case and provided with a reflection area having a lower end, the reflection area reflecting light that enters through the reading opening from outside of the case; and an image forming unit configured to prescribe a view area (AR1, AR2) which enables the imaging unit to perform imaging of the information code, lead, into the light receiving area, the light that has entered by passing through the reading opening from outside of the case and has been reflected by the reflecting unit, and form an image of an information code in the light receiving area when the information code is placed within the view area outside of the case, wherein the view area comprises a first view area positioned between the image forming unit and the reflecting unit, and a second view area positioned to be folded on the reflection surface and to continue from the first view area and towards the reading opening from the reflecting unit, the second view area continuing outside the case through the reading opening, the lower end of the reflection area of the reflecting unit is positioned, at least, at a lower end of the first view area in the up and down direction, and the image forming unit is disposed in a position off the second view area. a case having an up and down direction, the case being provided with a top wall portion and a bottom wall portion in the up and down direction, a reading opening being formed through the top wall portion to communicate between outside and inside the case; and an imaging unit in which a predetermined light receiving area is set; characterized in that the reading opening is directed upward through the top wall portion when the apparatus is used on a mounting surface such that the bottom wall portion of the case is directed downward to the mounting surface; and the apparatus further comprising, a reflecting unit housed inside a space provided between the top and bottom wall portions of the case and provided with a reflection area having a lower end, the reflection area reflecting light that enters through the reading opening from outside of the case; and an image forming unit configured to prescribe a view area (AR1, AR2) which enables the imaging unit to perform imaging of the information code, lead, into the light receiving area, the light that has entered by passing through the reading opening from outside of the case and has been reflected by the reflecting unit, and form an image of an information code in the light receiving area when the information code is placed within the view area outside of the case, wherein the view area comprises a first view area positioned between the image forming unit and the reflecting unit, and a second view area positioned to be folded on the reflection surface and to continue from the first view area and towards the reading opening from the reflecting unit, the second view area continuing outside the case through the reading opening, the lower end of the reflection area of the reflecting unit is positioned, at least, at a lower end of the first view area in the up and down direction, and the image forming unit is disposed in a position off the second view area.