第七百一条の五(徴税吏員の入湯税に関する調査に係る質問検査権)
Article 701-5Authority of Tax Collection Officials to Question and Inspect in Examinations Concerning Bathing Tax
Where necessary for an examination concerning the assessment and collection of bathing tax, a municipal tax collection official may question the following persons, or inspect the books and documents relating to the business of the person set forth in item (i) (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):
a person liable for tax or a person found to have tax liability; or
納税義務者又は納税義務があると認められる者
a person other than the persons set forth in the preceding two items who is found to have a direct relationship to the assessment and collection of the bathing tax.
前二号に掲げる者以外の者で当該入湯税の賦課徴収に関し直接関係があると認められるもの
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 municipal 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 bathing tax is governed by Article 701-18, paragraph (6).
入湯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、第七百一条の十八第六項の定めるところによる。
The authority of a municipal tax collection official under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of criminal investigation.