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Article 249Extortion

第二百四十九条(恐喝)

A person who extorts another person to deliver property is punished by imprisonment for 10 years or less.

人を恐喝して財物を交付させた者は、十年以下の拘禁刑に処する。

The same applies to a person who illegally obtains or causes another person to illegally obtain a profit by the means prescribed under the preceding paragraph.

前項の方法により、財産上不法の利益を得、又は他人にこれを得させた者も、同項と同様とする。

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