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Article 166Counterfeiting or Unauthorized Use of Official Marks

第百六十六条(公記号偽造及び不正使用等)

For the purpose of uttering, a person who counterfeits the mark of a public office or an electronic or magnetic record of a mark (meaning an electronic or magnetic record that is to be displayed as a mark; the same applies in the following paragraph) is punished by imprisonment for 3 years or less.

行使の目的で、公務所の記号又は電磁的記録記号(記号として表示されることとなる電磁的記録をいう。次項において同じ。)を偽造した者は、三年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

The same applies to a person who uses without due authorization the mark of a public office or an electronic or magnetic record of a mark or who uses a counterfeit mark of a public office or a counterfeit electronic or magnetic record of a mark.

公務所の記号若しくは電磁的記録記号を不正に使用し、又は偽造した公務所の記号若しくは電磁的記録記号を使用した者も、前項と同様とする。

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