A court or a judge may, when it finds it necessary with regard to the execution of a decision, issue a warrant and conduct a seizure, search or inspection. In this case, the inspection and examination of a person must be conducted upon a warrant for an inspection and examination of a person.
裁判所又は裁判官は、裁判の執行に関して必要があると認めるときは、令状を発して、差押え、捜索又は検証をすることができる。この場合において、身体の検査は、身体検査令状によらなければならない。
If the article to be seized is a computer, and with regard to a recording medium connected via telecommunication lines to such computer, it may be reasonably supposed that such recording medium was used to retain electronic or magnetic records which have been made or altered using such computer, or electronic or magnetic records which can be altered or erased using such computer, the computer or other recording medium may be seized after such electronic or magnetic records have been copied onto such computer or other recording medium.
差し押さえるべき物が電子計算機であるときは、当該電子計算機に電気通信回線で接続している記録媒体であつて、当該電子計算機で作成若しくは変更をした電磁的記録又は当該電子計算機で変更若しくは消去をすることができることとされている電磁的記録を保管するために使用されていると認めるに足りる状況にあるものから、その電磁的記録を当該電子計算機又は他の記録媒体に複写した上、当該電子計算機又は当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえることができる。
Changes and moves to paragraph (4) by (Act No. 39 of 2025)
The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the warrant under paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "the judge" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the presiding judge or the judge", and the phrase "paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (2) of the following Article".
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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)