Ownership cannot be acquired, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 240 or 241 of the Civil Code or the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1), in property that falls under any of the things listed in the following items:
a thing the possession of which is prohibited by laws and regulations (excluding a thing specified by Cabinet Order that may be possessed by virtue of a permission or other disposition under laws and regulations);
法令の規定によりその所持が禁止されている物（法令の規定による許可その他の処分により所持することができる物であって政令で定めるものを除く。）
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record made in an electronic form, a magnetic form or any other form not recognizable by human perception; the same applies hereinafter) certifying an individual's status or position or a right attaching exclusively to an individual;
個人の身分若しくは地位又は個人の一身に専属する権利を証する文書、図画又は電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られた記録をいう。以下同じ。）
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record in which matters belonging to an individual's secrets are recorded;
個人の秘密に属する事項が記録された文書、図画又は電磁的記録
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record in which the address or contact information of an individual recognized as the person who lost the property or a person related to that person is recorded;
a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record in which a personal information database or the equivalent (meaning a personal information database or the equivalent prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003)) is recorded (excluding a document, drawing or electronic or magnetic record that is widely in general circulation).
個人情報データベース等（個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第十六条第一項に規定する個人情報データベース等をいう。）が記録された文書、図画又は電磁的記録（広く一般に流通している文書、図画及び電磁的記録を除く。）