# 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 / Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - Law: 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 (Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds), 平成十九年法律第二十二号 - English title "Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds": claude-opus-5-5 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十七条 (Article 27) — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十七条 art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27 **第一項** 他人になりすまして第二条第二項第三十号の二に掲げる特定事業者（以下この項及び第三十二条第四項第一号ロにおいて「高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段発行者」という。）との間における高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段利用契約（高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段発行者が顧客に資金決済に関する法律第三条第八項に規定する高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段を利用させる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ロにおいて同じ。）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、高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段発行者において高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段利用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「高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段利用情報」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、高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段利用情報の提供を受けた者も、同様とする。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-1 A person who, impersonating another person, for the purpose of receiving, or having a third party receive, the provision of services pertaining to a contract for use of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments (meaning a contract under which an issuer of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments allows a customer to use high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (8) of the Payment Services Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 32, paragraph (4), item (i), (b)) with a specified business operator listed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xxx)-2 (hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 32, paragraph (4), item (i), (b) referred to as an "issuer of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments"), is provided with a code attached so as to enable the issuer of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments to distinguish and identify the person who receives the provision of services pertaining to a contract for use of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments from other persons, or with other information necessary for receiving the provision of those services (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "information for use of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments"), 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 use of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments for consideration. machine translation, not official **第二項** 相手方に前項前段の目的があることの情を知って、その者に高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段利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、高額電子移転可能型前払式支払手段利用情報を提供した者も、同様とする。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-2 A person who, knowing that the other party has the purpose referred to in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, provides information for use of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments to that person is also punished in the same manner as under that paragraph. The same applies to a person who, without a legitimate reason such as that it is carried out as an ordinary commercial transaction, provides information for use of high-value electronically transferable prepaid payment instruments for consideration. machine translation, not official **第三項** 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。 art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-3 A person who, as a business, commits an act constituting an offense under the preceding two paragraphs is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than 10,000,000 yen, or both. machine translation, not official **第四項** 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。 art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-4 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 a similar method, is also punished in the same manner as under paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-27/par-1: 第二条第二項第三十号の二 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二条第二項第三十号の二 (Article 2, paragraph (2), item (xxx-2)), art-2/par-2/item-30-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-2/par-2/item-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-2/par-2/item-30-2 - art-27/par-1: この項 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-1 - art-27/par-1: 第三十二条第四項第一号 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第三十二条第四項第一号 (Article 32, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-32/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-32/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-32/par-4/item-1 - art-27/par-1: 資金決済に関する法律第三条第八項 → 資金決済に関する法律 第三条第八項 (Article 3, paragraph (8)), art-3/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-3/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-3/par-8 - art-27/par-1: この条 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27 - art-27/par-2: 前項 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-1 - art-27/par-3: 前二項 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-1 - art-27/par-3: 前二項 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-2 - art-27/par-4: 第一項 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-1 - art-27/par-4: 第二項 → 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-1 - 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-2 - 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-3 - 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 第二十七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000022/art-27/par-4 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-10-12 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/419AC0000000022/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch criminal-proceeds-act-20261011T155627-008, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 189 — 犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11