Changes by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
If no article of evidence or article requiring confiscation has been found in a search, the executing officer must, upon the request of the person who is subject to the search, issue a certificate certifying said fact.
捜索をした場合において証拠物又は没収すべきものがないときは、捜索を受けた者の請求により、その旨の証明書を交付しなければならない。
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confiscation
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A punishment that can only be added to a principal one (付加刑) (Penal Code, Article 9): a thing connected with the crime is confiscated. What may be confiscated is the thing that makes up the crime, a thing used or meant to be used for it, a thing it produced or gained or that was received as a reward for it, and what was received in exchange for such a thing (Article 19, paragraph (1)); only a thing belonging to no one but the offender, unless someone else acquired it after the crime knowing the facts (paragraph (2)). For a crime punishable only by penal detention (拘留) or a petty fine (科料), only the thing that makes up the crime may be confiscated, unless a special provision says otherwise (Article 20). Where a thing gained by the crime cannot be confiscated, its value may be collected instead (追徴) (Article 19-2).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 19, 19-2, 20 as a reference.