①A secondhand goods dealer must carry a permit when peddling or carrying out an auction.

②A secondhand goods dealer must, when they have a worker such as an agent, employee (hereinafter referred to collectively as "agent") engage in peddling, have the agent carry a peddler's employee card with them, in the form prescribed in the National Public Safety Commission Rules.

③When peddling, a secondhand goods dealer or its agent, etc. must present a permit or a peddler's employee card prescribed in the preceding paragraph upon the request of the counterparty to the transaction.

①A secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner must post a sign in the form prescribed by the National Public Safety Commission Rules in a place easily visible to the public at each of their places of business, temporary stores, or secondhand goods markets.

②Except in the case where the scale of their business is extremely small or in other cases specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules (excluding the case where the person is a specified secondhand goods dealer), a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner must, as provided for by the National Public Safety Commission Rules, make their name, the name of the Public Safety Commission that granted the permit, and the permit number (referred to as "name, etc." in the following paragraph) available for public inspection using an automated public transmission by connecting an electronic telecommunications line.

③When a specified secondhand goods dealer makes their name, etc. available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the specified secondhand goods dealer must make particulars relating to the secondhand goods it handles available for public inspection together with the name, etc.

①A secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner must appoint one manager for each place of business or secondhand goods market as the responsible person in charge of properly conducting the business relating to the place of business or the secondhand goods market.

②A person who falls under any of the following items may not become a manager:

③A secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner must endeavor to have a manager acquire the knowledge, skills, or experience specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules as necessary for determining whether the secondhand goods the person handles are illicit goods.

④If a manager has violated any provisions listed laws and regulations relating to the manager's duties, the Public Safety Commission may recommend the secondhand goods dealer or the secondhand goods market owner to dismiss the manager if it finds that person unfit to act as a manager due to the circumstances.

①A secondhand goods dealer must not receive secondhand goods from a person other than a secondhand goods dealer at any place other than the place of business, or the domicile or residence of the counterparty to the transaction, for purchase or exchange, or on consignment for sale or exchange; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the secondhand goods business is being operated at a temporary store, if the dates, times, and location of the secondhand goods business are reported in advance to the Public Safety Commission with jurisdiction over that location.

②A secondhand goods dealer that does not have a place of business within the jurisdictional district of the Public Safety Commission prescribed in the proviso of the preceding paragraph may file a notification under the provisions of the same proviso via the Public Safety Commission with jurisdiction over the location of its place of business.

③In a secondhand goods market, selling, purchasing or exchanging secondhand goods, or accepting secondhand goods on consignment for sale or exchange, is prohibited, except between secondhand goods dealers.

①When a secondhand goods dealer intends to purchase or exchange secondhand goods, or accept secondhand goods on consignment for sale or exchange, the secondhand goods dealer must take one of measures set forth in the in each of the following items in order to confirm the identity of the counterparty:

②Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in the preceding paragraph, the measures prescribed in the same paragraph are not required to be taken in the following cases:

③When a secondhand goods dealer who intends to purchase or exchange secondhand goods, or accept secondhand goods on consignment for sale or exchange, suspects that the secondhand goods may be illicit, the secondhand goods dealer must immediately report that fact to a police officer.

When a secondhand goods dealer receives or delivers secondhand goods for sale, purchase or exchange, or receives secondhand goods on consignment to sell, purchase or exchange, the secondhand goods dealer must enter, for each individual transaction, the following particulars in a register or equivalent document (hereinafter referred to collectively as "register") specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules, or record them by electronic or magnetic means; provided, however, that this does not apply to items set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, or cases where the delivered secondhand goods are specified by National Public Safety Commission Rules as secondhand goods for which no entry or record is required.

With regard to secondhand goods to be purchased, sold, or exchanged in a secondhand goods market, a secondhand goods market owner must, for each transaction, enter in the register or record by electronic or magnetic means, the particulars prescribed in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding Article, and, the addresses and names of the parties to the transaction.

①A secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner must keep the register. prescribed in the preceding two Articles at the place of business or the secondhand goods market for three years from the date of the last entry, or store the records in electronic or magnetic means prescribed in the preceding two Articles for three years from the date of the recording so that it can be immediately indicated in writing at the place of business or the secondhand goods market.

②When a register, or the electronic or magnetic records prescribed in the preceding two Articles, are damaged, lost, or destroyed, a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner must immediately notify the chief of the police station with jurisdiction over the location of the place of business or secondhand goods market.

①When 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.").

②When 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.

③If 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.

④When 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.

⑤The 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.

Acts committed by a secondhand goods dealer (limited to individuals, excluding minors) in relation to the secondhand goods business may not be rescinded due to limitations on capacity.

If stolen or lost property is found among secondhand goods (excluding negotiable instruments payable to order, registered negotiable instruments payable to holder (meaning registered negotiable instruments payable to holder as prescribed in Article 520-13 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896)), and bearer instruments) purchased or exchanged by a secondhand goods dealer, the victim, or the owner of the lost property may demand that the secondhand goods dealer return the stolen or lost property without compensation, even if the secondhand goods dealer acquired the stolen or lost property in question in good faith on the public market or from a business handling the same kind of goods; provided, however, that this does not apply after one year has passed from the time of the theft or loss.

If there are sufficient reasonable grounds to suspect that secondhand goods purchased or exchanged, or held on consignment for sale or exchange by a secondhand goods dealer are stolen property, etc., the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. may order the secondhand goods dealer to retain the relevant secondhand goods for a period not exceeding thirty days.