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(Unauthorized Creation of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Payment Cards)

Article 163-2 (1) For the purpose of bringing about an error in the processing of the financial affairs of another person, a person who creates without due authorization an electronic or magnetic record which is intended for the use in such processing error encoded in a credit card or other cards for the payment of charges for goods or services, is punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen. The same shall apply to a person who creates without due authorization an electronic or magnetic record which is encoded in a card for withdrawal of money.
(2) For the purpose prescribed for in the preceding paragraph, a person who puts an unlawfully created electronic or magnetic record prescribed in the same paragraph into use for processing of the financial affairs of another person, is dealt with in the same way prescribed in the same paragraph.
(3) A person who, for the purpose prescribed for in paragraph (1), transfers, lends or imports a card encoded with an unlawful electronic or magnetic record prescribed in the same paragraph, is dealt with in the same way prescribed in the same paragraph.