With regard to electronic or magnetic records transferred under an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to an order for provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b) (limited to the method of having electronic or magnetic records transferred to a recording medium)), when there ceases to be a reason for not having the person who received that order to provide electronic or magnetic records retain them, the court must, upon the request of that person or on its own authority, allow that person, by a ruling, to copy those electronic or magnetic records without waiting for the conclusion of the case.
電磁的記録提供命令（第百二条の二第一項第一号ロに掲げる方法（電磁的記録を記録媒体に移転させるものに限る。）による提供を命ずるものに限る。）により移転させた電磁的記録について、当該電磁的記録提供命令を受けた者に保管させないこととする理由がなくなつたときは、当該者の請求により又は職権で、被告事件の終結を待たないで、決定で、当該者に対し、当該電磁的記録の複写を許さなければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the ruling under the preceding paragraph.
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electronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 99, paragraph (2)
order to provide electronic or magnetic recordsmachine translation
「電磁的記録提供命令」
An order by which a court requires a person who keeps electronic or magnetic records (電磁的記録), or another person with authority to use them, to provide the records it needs, by copying or moving them onto a recording medium that is handed over or, over a telecommunications line, onto one the court manages.
Defined inArticle 102-2, paragraph (1)