Laws on the Counterfeiting, Alteration and Imitation of Currencies, Banknotes, and Securities Circulating in Foreign Countries

…The crimes of counterfeiting, altering, and using Japanese currency, as well as attempts to do so, are punishable even if the offender is a foreigner or a Japanese national (Article 2, Section 4). The counterfeiting and altering of foreign currency circulating abroad is punishable even if the offender is a foreign national under the Law on Counterfeiting, Altering, and Imitation of Currency, Banknotes, and Securities Circulating Abroad. Counterfeiting is when a person without the right to issue currency creates an object with an appearance that can be mistaken for genuine currency by the general public. …

*This page lists some of the terminology used in the "Law on Counterfeiting, Alteration and Imitation of Currency, Banknotes, and Securities in Circulation in Foreign Countries."

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…なお，日本の通貨の偽造，変造罪および同行使等の罪ならびにそれらの未遂は，内外国人を問わず，国外犯も処罰される(2条4号)。外国で流通する外国通貨の偽造，変造等については，〈外国ニ於テ流通スル貨幣紙幣銀行券証券偽造変造及模造ニ関スル法律〉があり，国外犯も処罰される。　偽造とは，通貨発行権のない者が，一般人に真正の通貨と誤認させるに足る外観をもつ物を作出することである。…

※「外国ニ於テ流通スル貨幣紙幣銀行券証券偽造変造及模造ニ関スル法律」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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