Penalty for Failure to Keep or Falsifying Maintenance Records

Verified from official sources
Article 157-10Version 1Effective -Verified 31 August 2026

In plain language

If you fail to keep proper maintenance and inspection logs for your drone, or if you write false information in them, you can be fined up to 300,000 yen.

Requirement as structured

A person who fails to create, creates a false, or fails to preserve maintenance and inspection records for an unmanned aircraft in violation of Article 132-18, Paragraph 2 shall be punished by a fine of up to 300,000 yen.

Original regulatory text

第百五十七条の十 次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その違反行為をした者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。 二 第百三十二条の十八第二項の規定に違反して、記録を作成せず、若しくは虚偽の記録を作成し、又は記録を保存しなかつたとき。