第七百条の五十九(徴税吏員の狩猟税に関する調査に係る質問検査権)
Article 700-59Authority of Tax Collection Officials to Question and Inspect in Examinations Concerning Hunting Tax
Where necessary for an examination concerning the assessment and collection of hunting tax, a prefectural tax collection official may question a person liable for tax or a person found to have tax liability, or inspect that person's books and documents (including, where an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record made in an electronic form, magnetic form or any other form that cannot be perceived by human senses, which is used for information processing by a computer) has been created or kept in lieu of their creation or keeping, that electronic or magnetic record; the same applies in items (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of the following Article) or other articles, or demand the presentation or submission of such articles (including copies thereof).
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, that tax collection official must carry a certificate proving his or her status and present it when requested by a person concerned.
A prefectural tax collection official may, as provided by Cabinet Order, retain the articles submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), an examination concerning delinquent tax collection procedures for hunting tax is governed by Article 700-66, paragraph (6).
狩猟税に係る滞納処分に関する調査については、第一項の規定にかかわらず、第七百条の六十六第六項の定めるところによる。
The authority of a prefectural tax collection official under paragraph (1) or (3) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of criminal investigation.