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Article 29

第二十九条

A person who, impersonating another person, for the purpose of receiving, or having a third party receive, the provision of services pertaining to an electronic payment instruments transaction contract (meaning a contract the content of which is to carry out any of the acts listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (10) of that Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 32, paragraph (4), item (i), (c)) with a specified business operator (limited to a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xxxi)-2 and a specified business operator listed in items (i) through (xv), item (xxv) and item (xxxi) of that paragraph that is deemed to be an electronic payment instruments service provider prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (12) of the Payment Services Act pursuant to Article 62-8, paragraph (2) of that Act; hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 32, paragraph (4), item (i), (c) referred to as an "electronic payment instruments service provider"), is provided with a code attached so as to enable the electronic payment instruments service provider to distinguish and identify the person who receives the provision of services pertaining to an electronic payment instruments transaction contract from other persons, or with other information necessary for receiving the provision of those services (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "information for electronic payment instruments transactions"), is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than 5,000,000 yen, or both. The same applies to a person who, without a legitimate reason such as that it is carried out as an ordinary commercial transaction, is provided with information for electronic payment instruments transactions for consideration.

他人になりすまして特定事業者(第二条第二項第三十一号の二に掲げる特定事業者並びに資金決済に関する法律第六十二条の八第二項の規定により同法第二条第十二項に規定する電子決済手段等取引業者とみなされる第二条第二項第一号から第十五号まで、第二十五号及び第三十一号に掲げる特定事業者に限る。以下この項及び第三十二条第四項第一号ハにおいて「電子決済手段等取引業者」という。)との間における電子決済手段等取引契約(同法第二条第十項各号に掲げる行為を行うことを内容とする契約をいう。以下この項及び第三十二条第四項第一号ハにおいて同じ。)に係る役務の提供を受けること又はこれを第三者にさせることを目的として、電子決済手段等取引業者において電子決済手段等取引契約に係る役務の提供を受ける者を他の者と区別して識別することができるように付される符号その他の当該役務の提供を受けるために必要な情報(以下この条において「電子決済手段等取引用情報」という。)の提供を受けた者は、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは五百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。通常の商取引として行われるものであることその他の正当な理由がないのに、有償で、電子決済手段等取引用情報の提供を受けた者も、同様とする。

A person who, knowing that the other party has the purpose set forth in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, provides that party with information for electronic payment instruments transactions is punished in the same manner as under that paragraph. A person who, without a legitimate reason such as that it is conducted as an ordinary commercial transaction, provides information for electronic payment instruments transactions for compensation is likewise punished.

相手方に前項前段の目的があることの情を知って、その者に電子決済手段等取引用情報を提供した者も、同項と同様とする。通常の商取引として行われるものであることその他の正当な理由がないのに、有償で、電子決済手段等取引用情報を提供した者も、同様とする。

A person who, as a business, commits an act constituting an offense under the preceding two paragraphs is punished by imprisonment for five years or less or a fine of 10 million yen or less, or both.

業として前二項の罪に当たる行為をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑若しくは千万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。

A person who solicits another person to commit an act constituting an offense under paragraph (1) or (2), or induces another person to do so by advertisement or any other similar method, is punished in the same manner as under paragraph (1).

第一項又は第二項の罪に当たる行為をするよう、人を勧誘し、又は広告その他これに類似する方法により人を誘引した者も、第一項と同様とする。

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