①In a case as referred to in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, if it is found to be difficult for the driver or staff member of a vehicle or streetcar to immediately follow the instructions given pursuant to that paragraph due to injury or another reason, a police officer at the scene may physically move an object damaged in the traffic accident or a load being carried by a vehicle or streetcar involved in the traffic accident (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "damaged object or load") and take other stop-gap measures, but only so far as is necessary to prevent road traffic hazards and otherwise ensure the safety and fluidity of traffic.

②In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, having moved a damaged object or load, a police officer must hand it over to the chief of the police station who has jurisdiction over the place where the damaged object or load was originally found. In such a case, the chief of the police station must store the damaged object or load as its custodian.

③The provisions of Article 51, paragraph (7) and paragraphs (9) through (21) of that Article, and Article 51-2 apply mutatis mutandis to a damaged object or load that is the subject of measures under the preceding two paragraphs. In such a case, the phrase "the user of the vehicle" in Article 51, paragraph (7) is deemed to be replaced with "the owner, possessor, or other person with title to the damaged object or load (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the 'owner or other such person')"; the phrase "the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (9) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (7) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 72-2, paragraph (3)", and the phrase "cannot ascertain the name and address of the owner of a vehicle" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "cannot ascertain the name and address of the owner of a vehicle, and it is found to be difficult to return the damaged object or load to a person other than its owner"; the phrase "paragraphs (7) through (10)" in paragraph (11) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (7) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 72-2, paragraph (3) and the preceding two paragraphs"; the phrase "remains unreturned one month after the date of a notification as under paragraph (8) or" in paragraph (12) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "is likely to spoil or deteriorate, or remains unreturned one month after the date of a notification to the owner of the damaged object or load as under paragraph (7) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 72-2, paragraph (3) or", and the term "cost" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "cost or effort"; the phrase "the driver, etc. or the user or owner of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the 'user, etc.')" in paragraph (15) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the owner or other such person"; the phrase "the driver, etc. or the user, etc." in paragraph (16) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the owner or other such person"; the phrase "a notification as under paragraph (8)" in paragraph (20) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a notification to the owner of the damaged object or load as under paragraph (7) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 72-2, paragraph (3)"; and the phrase "the user, etc. of a vehicle stored pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article or other relevant persons, or the owner, possessor, or other person with title to a load stored pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (22) of that Article" in Article 51-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the owner or other such person of a damaged object or load stored pursuant to the second sentence of Article 72-2, paragraph (2)".