①When a police official finds it necessary to do so, they may enter a secondhand goods dealer's place of business or temporary store, the place where secondhand goods are kept, a secondhand goods market, or a place of an auction prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1) (except in cases prescribed in paragraphs (3) and (4) of the same Article) during business hours, inspect secondhand goods and registers (including documents prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1) in which the records prescribed in the same paragraph are recorded; the same applies in Article 35, item (iii)), and question relevant persons.

②In cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, the police official must carry an identification card and present it to the relevant persons.

③When a Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. finds it necessary to do so, they may ask a secondhand goods dealer, secondhand goods market owner, or secondhand goods auction broker to make the necessary report on the stolen property, etc.

④The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a person who has received the certification prescribed in Article 21-6, paragraph (1).

①If a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner, or their agent, etc., has violated the provisions of this Act, orders based on this Act, or other laws and regulations with regard to the secondhand goods business, and it is recognized that preventing the sale or purchase of the stolen property, etc., or promptly finding the stolen property, etc. is likely to be significantly hindered, the Public Safety Commission with jurisdiction over the location of the principal place of business of the secondhand goods dealer or the secondhand goods market owner, or the location of the secondhand goods market, may instruct the secondhand goods dealer or the secondhand goods market owner to take necessary measures to ensure the proper conduct of the business.

②If a secondhand goods dealer or secondhand goods market owner, having the principal place of business or secondhand goods market in the jurisdictional district of another Public Safety Commission and conducting secondhand goods business in the jurisdictional district of a Public Safety Commission, or their agent, etc., has violated any of the provisions of this Act, orders based on this Act, or other laws and regulations, with regard to its secondhand goods business in the jurisdictional district of the Public Safety Commission, and it is recognized that the prevention of the sale or purchase of stolen property, etc., or the prompt detection of stolen property, etc. is likely to be significantly hindered, then the Public Safety Commission may instruct the secondhand goods dealer or the secondhand goods market owner to take necessary measures to ensure the proper conduct of its business.

①If a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner, or their agent, etc. have violated any of the provisions of this Act, orders based on this Act, or other laws and regulations with regard to the secondhand goods business, and it is recognized that prevention of the sale or purchase of stolen property, etc., or the prompt detection of stolen property, etc. is likely to be significantly hindered, or if a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner has violated any disposition issued based on this Act (including instructions under the provisions of the preceding Article), then the Public Safety Commission with jurisdiction over the location of the principal place of business of the secondhand goods dealer or the secondhand goods market owner, or the location of the secondhand goods market, may cancel the secondhand goods dealer or secondhand goods market owner's permit to engage in the secondhand goods business, or order the secondhand goods dealer or the secondhand goods market owner to suspend the secondhand goods business, either in whole or in part, for a specified period of time not exceeding six months.

②If a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner, or their agent, etc., that has their principal place of business or secondhand goods market in the jurisdiction of another Public Safety Commission and conducts secondhand goods business in the jurisdiction of a Public Safety Commission, has violated any of the provisions of this Act, orders based on this Act, or other laws and regulations, with regard to its secondhand goods business in the jurisdiction of the Public Safety Commission, and it is recognized that preventing the sale or purchase of stolen property, etc., or promptly finding the stolen property, etc. is likely to be significantly hindered, or if a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner has violated a disposition under this Act (including instructions under the provisions of the preceding Article), then the Public Safety Commission may order the secondhand goods dealer or the secondhand goods market owner to suspend their secondhand goods business, either in whole or in part, for a specified period of time not exceeding six months.

①When a Public Safety Commission intends to order the suspension of business of a secondhand goods dealer or a secondhand goods market owner under the provisions of the preceding Article, the Public Safety Commission must conduct a hearing, notwithstanding the classification of procedures for hearing statements of opinions under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act.

②In conducting a hearing relating to a disposition under the provisions of the preceding Article, a notice under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act must be given at least one week prior to the date of the hearing, and public notice must be given regarding the date and location of the hearing.

③The proceedings on the date of the hearing relating to the disposition under the provisions of the preceding Article must be held in public.