Article 37-4Delivery of Recording Media Pertaining to Transferred Electronic or Magnetic Records
第三十七条の四(移転された電磁的記録に係る記録媒体の交付等)
If it has become unnecessary to retain a recording medium that an immigration control officer seized after transferring electronic or magnetic records or having them transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 31-4, and the person from whom it was seized and the owner, holder or custodian of the recording medium are different persons, the immigration control officer must deliver the recording medium to the person from whom it was seized, or permit that person to make a copy of the electronic or magnetic records.
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery or copying pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
If no request for the delivery or copying set forth in the preceding paragraph has been made even after 6 months have elapsed from the date of the public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is not required to make the delivery or to permit the copying.
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immigration control officer
「入国警備官」
The immigration official provided for in Article 61-3-2, who investigates violations and detains, escorts and removes people, among other duties.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
electronic or magnetic recordmachine translation
「電磁的記録」
A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)· applies throughout the law