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.