Article 163-4Preparation for Unauthorized Creation of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Payment Cards
第百六十三条の四（支払用カード電磁的記録不正作出準備）
For the purpose of use in the commission of a criminal act prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 163-2, a person who obtains information for the electronic or magnetic record prescribed in the same paragraph, is punished by imprisonment for 3 years or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less. The same applies to a person who, knowing the purpose of the obtainer, provides the information.
第百六十三条の二第一項の犯罪行為の用に供する目的で、同項の電磁的記録の情報を取得した者は、三年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。情を知って、その情報を提供した者も、同様とする。
For the purpose prescribed for in the preceding paragraph, a person who stores the illegally obtained information of an electronic or magnetic record prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 163-2, is dealt with in the same way prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
不正に取得された第百六十三条の二第一項の電磁的記録の情報を、前項の目的で保管した者も、同項と同様とする。
For the purpose prescribed for in paragraph (1), a person who prepares instruments or materials, is dealt with in the same way prescribed in the same paragraph.