Changes on (Act No. 12 of 2026)
While asking questions or carrying out an examination, retention, inspection, search, seizure or seizure with a recording order pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the relevant official may prohibit any person from entering or leaving the place without permission.
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relevant officialmachine translation
「当該職員」
From Article 131 to Article 152 and in Article 155, an official of the National Tax Agency (国税庁), a Regional Taxation Bureau (国税局) or a tax office (税務署) who investigates criminal cases concerning national taxes (犯則事件).
Short name set inArticle 131, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Articles 131 to 152 and 155
seizure with a recording ordermachine translation
「記録命令付差押え」
Ordering a person who keeps electronic or magnetic records (電磁的記録), or otherwise has authority to use them, to copy the records needed onto a storage medium or print them out, and then seizing that medium — a step officials investigating a criminal tax case may take with a judge's warrant under Article 132.
Defined inArticle 132, paragraph (1)