Changes on (Act No. 2 of 2026)
When there is no longer a need to detain retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order, the competent tax collection official must return them to the person entitled to receive their return.
当該徴税吏員は、領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件について留置の必要がなくなつたときは、その返還を受けるべき者にこれを還付しなければならない。
Changes on (Act No. 2 of 2026)
Where the head of a local government cannot return the retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order referred to in the preceding paragraph because the address or residence of the person entitled to receive their return is unknown, or for any other reason, the head must give public notice to that effect.
Changes on (Act No. 2 of 2026)
If no request for return is made even after six months have elapsed from the day of the public notice with regard to the retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order relating to the public notice under the preceding paragraph, those articles revert to the local government to which the competent tax collection official who effected the retention, seizure or seizure with a recording order of them belongs.
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local governmentmachine translation
「地方団体」
A prefecture (道府県) or a municipality (市町村).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
head of a local governmentmachine translation
「地方団体の長」
The governor of a prefecture (道府県知事) or the mayor of a municipality (市町村長).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
the competent tax collection officialmachine translation
「当該徴税吏員」
In Section 16 of Chapter 1, on investigating and dealing with tax offence cases (犯則事件), a tax collection official (徴税吏員) whom the head of the local government (地方団体の長) designates, setting the official's duties.
Defined inArticle 22-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
seizure with a recording ordermachine translation
「記録命令付差押え」
A seizure in which a tax official (徴税吏員) investigating a tax offence (犯則事件) has a person who keeps electronic or magnetic records (電磁的記録), or anyone else with authority to use them, record the records needed onto a recording medium or print them out, and then seizes that medium.
Defined inArticle 22-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section