offence provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Act on Punishment of Financing to Offences of Public Intimidation; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph and the following article) or who conceals crime proceeds or the like shall be imprisoned with labour not more than five years or fined not more than 3,000,000 yen, or both. The same shall apply to any person who disguises facts with respect to the source of crime proceeds or the like (except the funds related to an offence provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of that act).

2. Attempt of an offence provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be punished.

3. A person who, with intent to commit an offence provided for in Paragraph 1 of this article, prepares for such offence shall be imprisoned with labour not more than two years or fined not more than 500,000 yen.

## Article 11 (Receipt of crime proceeds or the like)

Any person who knowingly receives crime proceeds or the like shall be imprisoned with labour not more than three years or fined not more than 1,000,000 yen, or both; provided that this shall not apply to a person who receives any property offered for the performance of an obligation under a law or regulation or offered for the performance of an obligation under a contract (Such contract shall be limited to that under which a creditor is to offer substantial property interest.) at the time of the conclusion of which such person did not know that the obligation under such contract would be performed with crime proceeds or the like.

## Article 12 (Offences outside Japan)

Any offence provided for in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Article 9 and in the preceding two articles shall be subject to the provisions of Article 3 of the Penal Code.

## Article 13 (Confiscation of crime proceeds or the like)

Any property enumerated in the following may be confiscated when it is immovable property, movable property or money claim ("Money claim" means claim for the payment of money. The same shall apply hereinafter.).

(1) crime proceeds (except for property referred to in Item 6 of this paragraph)

(2) any property derived from crime proceeds (except for property obtained through the possession or disposition of crime proceeds which are the property referred to in Item 6 of this paragraph)

(3) share involving a position of a shareholder or the like involving an offence provided for in Paragraph 1 of Article 9, acquired by means of illicit proceeds or the like (except for drug crime proceeds, for property obtained through the possession or disposition of drug crime proceeds or for property in which drug crime proceeds or property obtained through the possession or disposition of drug crime proceeds is undistinguishably mixed with other kind of property (These properties shall be referred to as "drug crime proceeds or the like" in Paragraph 4 of this article.); The same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph.)

(4) any claim involving an offence provided for in Paragraph 2 or 3 of Article 9 acquired by means of illicit proceeds or the like (illicit proceeds or the like when the claim is for the return of property which is the illicit proceeds or the like by means of which the claim has been acquired)

(5) crime proceeds or the like involving an offence provided for in Article 10 or 11

(6) any property produced by, obtained through, or obtained in reward for a criminal act provided for in Paragraphs 1 through 3 of Article 9 by means of illicit proceeds or the like or a criminal act provided for in Articles 10 and 11

(7) any property obtained as the fruit of or in exchange for any property provided for in Items 3 through 6 of this paragraph or property obtained in exchange for any such property so obtained, or any other property obtained through the possession or disposition of any property referred to in these items

2. The property referred to in items in the preceding paragraph cannot be confiscated when the property is crime victim property ("Crime victim property" means property obtained from the party injured by a criminal act constituting an offence against property, an offence provided for in Article 3 involving an offence provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 225-2 of the Penal Code, an offence provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 225-2 of the Penal Code, an offence provided for in the latter part of Paragraph 4 of Article 227 of the Penal Code or an offence provided for in Items 31, 33, 44, 55, 60, 66 or 68 of the Schedule or property obtained through the possession or disposition of such property. The same shall apply hereinafter.) The same shall apply with regard to a part of the property referred to in the items in the preceding paragraph when that part is crime victim property.