間接国税に関する犯則事件は、第百五十六条第一項ただし書（間接国税に関する犯則事件についての報告等）の規定による国税局若しくは税務署の当該職員の告発、同条第二項ただし書の規定による国税庁の当該職員の告発又は第百五十七条第二項（間接国税に関する犯則事件についての通告処分等）若しくは前条の規定による国税局長若しくは税務署長の告発を待つて論ずる。
A criminal tax case concerning indirect national tax may be prosecuted only upon an accusation filed by the relevant officials of a Regional Taxation Bureau or tax office under the proviso to Article 156, paragraph (1) (Reports, etc. on Criminal Tax Cases Concerning Indirect National Tax), an accusation filed by the relevant officials of the National Tax Agency under the proviso to paragraph (2) of that Article, or an accusation filed by a regional commissioner or district director under Article 157, paragraph (2) (Notification Dispositions, etc. for Criminal Tax Cases Concerning Indirect National Tax) or the preceding Article.
第百五十五条（間接国税以外の国税に関する犯則事件等についての告発）の規定による告発又は前項の告発は、書面をもつて行い、第百五十二条各項（調書の作成）に規定する調書を添付し、領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件があるときは、これを領置目録、差押目録又は記録命令付差押目録とともに検察官に引き継がなければならない。
An accusation under the provisions of Article 155 (Accusation in Criminal Tax Cases Concerning National Taxes Other than Indirect National Taxes, etc.) or the accusation referred to in the preceding paragraph must be made in writing, with the records prescribed in the paragraphs of Article 152 (Preparation of Records) attached, and, if there are retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order, they must be transferred to a public prosecutor together with the inventory of retained articles, the inventory of seized articles or the inventory of articles seized with a recording order.
前項の領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件が第百四十四条第一項（領置物件等の処置）の規定による保管に係るものである場合においては、同項の保管証をもつて引き継ぐとともに、その旨を同項の規定により当該物件を保管させた者に通知しなければならない。
In the case where the retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order referred to in the preceding paragraph are in custody under the provisions of Article 144, paragraph (1) (Handling of Retained Articles, etc.), they must be transferred by means of the custody receipt referred to in that paragraph, and the person in whose custody the articles were placed pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph must be notified to that effect.
前二項の規定により領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件が引き継がれたときは、当該物件は、刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）の規定により検察官によつて押収されたものとみなす。
When retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order have been transferred pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, those articles are deemed to have been seized by a public prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948).
第一項の告発は、取り消すことができない。
The accusation referred to in paragraph (1) may not be withdrawn.