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Article 159, paragraph (1)

第一項

A criminal tax case concerning indirect national tax may be prosecuted only upon an accusation filed by the relevant officials of a Regional Taxation Bureau or tax office under the proviso to Article 156, paragraph (1) (Reports, etc. on Criminal Tax Cases Concerning Indirect National Tax), an accusation filed by the relevant officials of the National Tax Agency under the proviso to paragraph (2) of that Article, or an accusation filed by a regional commissioner or district director under Article 157, paragraph (2) (Notification Dispositions, etc. for Criminal Tax Cases Concerning Indirect National Tax) or the preceding Article.

間接国税に関する犯則事件は、第百五十六条第一項ただし書(間接国税に関する犯則事件についての報告等)の規定による国税局若しくは税務署の当該職員の告発、同条第二項ただし書の規定による国税庁の当該職員の告発又は第百五十七条第二項(間接国税に関する犯則事件についての通告処分等)若しくは前条の規定による国税局長若しくは税務署長の告発を待つて論ずる。

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