When the Superintendent General, the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, or the Chief of a Police Station (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc.") finds it necessary to do so, they may issue in writing to a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner, a report of stolen property or property acquired through other acts that constitute property crimes (hereinafter referred to collectively as "stolen property, etc.").
When a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner receives a stolen property report issued under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must record the date on which the report arrived on the document relating to the stolen property report and store it for six months from the date of arrival; provided, however, that the date of arrival need not be written on a report using an electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Promotion of Administrative Affairs through the Use of Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002) under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of that Act.
If a secondhand goods dealer is in possession of the relevant secondhand goods on the day the dealer receives a stolen property report, or receives secondhand goods corresponding to a stolen property report within the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the secondhand goods dealer must immediately notify a police officer to that effect.
When secondhand goods corresponding to a stolen property report appear on the secondhand goods market for trading within the period prescribed in paragraph (2), the secondhand goods market owner must immediately notify a police officer to that effect.
The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Promotion of Administrative Affairs through the Use of Information and Communications Technology do not apply in relation to a stolen property report issued using an electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the same Act.
情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律第七条第一項の規定により同法第六条第一項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用して行われた品触れについては、同法第七条第三項の規定は、適用しない。