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Article 149Counterfeiting of Foreign Currency or Uttering of Foreign Currency

第百四十九条(外国通貨偽造及び行使等)

A person who counterfeits or alters a foreign coin, bank note or bill which is used in transaction in Japan for the purpose of uttering is punished by imprisonment for a definite term of 2 years or more.

行使の目的で、日本国内に流通している外国の貨幣、紙幣又は銀行券を偽造し、又は変造した者は、二年以上の有期拘禁刑に処する。

The same applies to a person who utters, or delivers or imports for the purpose of uttering, a counterfeit or altered foreign coin, bank note or bill.

偽造又は変造の外国の貨幣、紙幣又は銀行券を行使し、又は行使の目的で人に交付し、若しくは輸入した者も、前項と同様とする。

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