①In cases under public prosecution concerning the offences prescribed in Article 21, paragraphs (1), (2), (4) (excluding item (iv)), (5) and (6), if a court finds probable cause to believe that the relevant assets fall under those that may be confiscated pursuant to paragraph (13) of the same Article, and that confiscation is necessary, the court may issue an order for the direct freezing of assets to prohibit the disposition of the assets, either at the request of a public prosecutor or by its own authority.

②If a court has issued or intends to issue an order for the direct freezing of assets with respect to assets encumbered by superficies, a mortgage, or any other rights, and if the court finds probable cause to believe that these rights will be extinguished through confiscation and that confiscation is necessary, or if the court finds probable cause to believe that the rights have been falsified, the court may issue an incidental freezing order separately to prohibit the disposition of the rights, either at the request of a public prosecutor or by its own authority.

③If a judge finds that there are the grounds and necessity prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, even before the institution of prosecution, the judge may conduct the disposition prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs at the request of a public prosecutor or a judicial police officer (with regard to judicial police officers that are police officers, limited to a person designated by the National Public Safety Commission or the Prefectural Public Safety Commission as those with the rank of police inspector or with a higher rank).

④Beyond the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, the disposition under these provisions is governed by the provisions regarding the prohibition of disposition under the order for the direct freezing of assets or the incidental freezing order, as prescribed in Chapter IV, Sections 1 and 3 of the Organized Crime Punishment Act.