①If it has become unnecessary to retain a recording medium that an immigration control officer seized after transferring electronic or magnetic records or having them transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 31-4, and the person from whom it was seized and the owner, holder or custodian of the recording medium are different persons, the immigration control officer must deliver the recording medium to the person from whom it was seized, or permit that person to make a copy of the electronic or magnetic records.

②The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery or copying pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

③If no request for the delivery or copying set forth in the preceding paragraph has been made even after 6 months have elapsed from the date of the public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is not required to make the delivery or to permit the copying.