An action for revocation of a disposition, etc. listed in the items of Article 26, paragraph (1) may not be filed until after the determination on the request for examination regarding that disposition, etc. has been made.

①An action for revocation of a disposition, etc. listed in the items of Article 26, paragraph (1) and an action for revocation of a determination specified in the items of Article 29, paragraph (1) relating to that disposition, etc. are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court having jurisdiction over the location of the public prosecutors office to which the public prosecutor who made that disposition, etc. belongs.

②An action for revocation prescribed in the preceding paragraph may not be filed after 30 days have elapsed from the day on which the person received service of the certified copy of the written determination under the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2).

③The period set forth in the preceding paragraph is an unextendable period.

①In the case where an action for revocation of a disposition, etc. listed in the items of Article 26, paragraph (1) or an action for revocation of a determination specified in the items of Article 29, paragraph (1) relating to that disposition, etc. has been filed, if a prima facie showing has been made that disclosure of all or part of the domicile, residence or other place where the photographed person, etc. relating to the covered retained article or covered electronic or magnetic record that is the subject of that disposition, etc. is ordinarily present (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "address, etc.") is likely to cause a significant impediment to that photographed person, etc. in leading a social life, the court may, upon the defendant's petition, reach a judicial decision by ruling to conceal all or part of the address, etc. The same applies to the name of the photographed person, etc. and other information sufficient to identify that photographed person, etc.

①In the case where an action for revocation of a disposition, etc. listed in the items of Article 26, paragraph (1) or an action for revocation of a determination specified in the items of Article 29, paragraph (1) relating to that disposition, etc. has been filed, if an offer of evidence is made with respect to a covered retained article or a recording medium onto which a covered retained article has been copied, or a covered electronic or magnetic record or a recording medium onto which a covered electronic or magnetic record has been copied or printed, the court may, upon the defendant's petition, by ruling, with respect to the part of the case records or filing records (meaning the case records or filing records prescribed in Article 133, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (3)) that relates to that covered retained article or the recording medium onto which that covered retained article has been copied, or to that covered electronic or magnetic record or the recording medium onto which that covered electronic or magnetic record has been copied or printed, and in which covered poses, etc. are recorded (referred to as the "part recording a covered pose, etc." in paragraph (3)), limit the persons who may request inspection of the case records or filing records to the plaintiff, the defendant and the photographed person, etc. relating to that covered retained article or covered electronic or magnetic record, and at the same time limit the persons who may make a request other than a request for inspection, among requests for inspection, etc. of the case records or filing records (meaning the inspection, etc. of the case records or filing records prescribed in Article 133, paragraph (3) of that Code; the same applies in paragraph (3)), to the defendant and the photographed person, etc. relating to that covered retained article or covered electronic or magnetic record.

②The ruling under the preceding paragraph is made on the basis of a prima facie showing.

③When the petition under paragraph (1) has been made, until the judicial decision on the petition becomes final and binding, no person other than the plaintiff, the defendant and the photographed person, etc. relating to that covered retained article or covered electronic or magnetic record may request inspection of the case records or filing records relating to the part recording a covered pose, etc. The same applies to a request for inspection, etc. of the case records or filing records relating to the part recording a covered pose, etc. (excluding a request for inspection) made by a person other than the defendant and the photographed person, etc. relating to that covered retained article or covered electronic or magnetic record.

④An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision dismissing the petition under paragraph (1).

The provisions of the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis to litigation in which the State is the defendant concerning a disposition, etc. listed in the items of Article 26, paragraph (1) or a determination specified in the items of Article 29, paragraph (1) relating to that disposition, etc. (excluding an action for revocation prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Case Litigation Act (Act No. 139 of 1962)). In this case, the phrase "provisional seizure" in the right column of the row for Article 133, paragraph (5) in the table in Article 35, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "provisional seizure, provisional disposition".

Beyond what is provided for in this Section, matters necessary for the implementation of the provisions of the preceding three Articles are specified by Rules of the Supreme Court.

A public prosecutor and a public prosecutor's assistant officer may perform their duties outside their jurisdictional area when necessary for an investigation under the provisions of this Section.

①When a public prosecutor finds it necessary in order to make a disposition, etc. listed in the items of Article 26, paragraph (1) or a determination specified in the items of Article 29, paragraph (1) relating to that disposition, etc., the public prosecutor may conduct the following investigations:

②If a public prosecutor finds it necessary in order to ascertain whether a covered electronic or magnetic record has been erased in accordance with an erasure order, the public prosecutor may order the person specified in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (iii) or other interested persons to make a report, to submit documents or other articles, or to appear, or may make inquiries of public offices or public or private organizations and request reports on necessary matters.

③A public prosecutor may have a public prosecutor's assistant officer conduct the investigation under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.

④The authority under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) must not be interpreted as having been granted for the purpose of criminal investigation.

The provisions of this Chapter do not preclude carrying out, with respect to a covered retained article or a covered electronic or magnetic record, procedures under the provisions of laws and regulations concerning the handling of criminal cases or juvenile protection cases.

In addition to what is provided for in this Chapter, the procedures for implementing the provisions of this Chapter and other necessary matters are specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

If an erasure order is violated, the person who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment for one year or less or a fine of 1,000,000 yen or less.

In the case where any of the following items applies, the person who committed the violation is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

If a representative of a juridical person, or an agent, employee, or other worker of a juridical person or an individual, commits a violation referred to in the preceding two Articles in connection with the business of that juridical person or individual, then in addition to punishing the offender, the fine prescribed in the relevant main provision is also imposed on that juridical person or individual.