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Article 161Uttering Counterfeit Private Documents

第百六十一条(偽造私文書等行使)

A person who utters a document or drawing or an electronic or magnetic record of a document or drawing prescribed in the preceding two Articles is punished by the same penalty as a person who counterfeits or alters a document or drawing or an electronic or magnetic record of a document or drawing or makes a false entry or record.

前二条の文書等又は電磁的記録文書等を行使した者は、その文書等若しくは電磁的記録文書等を偽造し、若しくは変造し、又は虚偽の記載若しくは記録をした者と同一の刑に処する。

Any attempt to commit the crimes prescribed under the preceding paragraph is punished.

前項の罪の未遂は、罰する。

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