When any one of the following persons, in soliciting subscribers for shares, share options, bonds or bonds with share options, uses materials providing explanations about the business of the company or any other matters, advertisements for relevant solicitation or any other documents concerning relevant solicitation that contain false statements with regard to important matters or, if an electronic or magnetic record has been prepared in lieu of relevant documents, uses an electronic or magnetic record that contains a false records with regard to important matters for the administration of relevant solicitation, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than five million yen, or both:
any one of the persons set forth in Article 960, paragraph (1), items (i) through (vii);
第九百六十条第一項第一号から第七号までに掲げる者
a member who executes the business of a membership company;
持分会社の業務を執行する社員
a person to perform duties on behalf of a member who executes the business of a membership company, who has been appointed based on a provisional disposition order under the provisions of Article 56 of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act; or
民事保全法第五十六条に規定する仮処分命令により選任された持分会社の業務を執行する社員の職務を代行する者
a person to whom solicitation of subscribers for shares, share options, bonds or bonds with share options has been entrusted.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph also apply when a person who carries out the secondary distribution of shares, share options, bonds or bonds with share options uses documents concerning the secondary distribution that contain false statements with regard to important matters or, if an electronic or magnetic record has been prepared in lieu of relevant documents, uses an electronic or magnetic record that contains a false record with regard to important matters for the administration of the secondary distribution.