# Confiscation (没収, ぼっしゅう) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/confiscation. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Rights, roles and legal effects - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/confiscation - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/confiscation - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 A punishment that can only be added to a principal one (付加刑) (Penal Code, Article 9): a thing connected with the crime is confiscated. What may be confiscated is the thing that makes up the crime, a thing used or meant to be used for it, a thing it produced or gained or that was received as a reward for it, and what was received in exchange for such a thing (Article 19, paragraph (1)); only a thing belonging to no one but the offender, unless someone else acquired it after the crime knowing the facts (paragraph (2)). For a crime punishable only by penal detention (拘留) or a petty fine (科料), only the thing that makes up the crime may be confiscated, unless a special provision says otherwise (Article 20). Where a thing gained by the crime cannot be confiscated, its value may be collected instead (追徴) (Article 19-2). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Penal Code, Arts. 9, 19, 19-2, 20](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/140AC0000000045) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code ## Where the laws use it 7 laws in force use it in this sense, in 45 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (金融商品取引法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act): 13 provisions, among them [Article 185-7](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-7), [Article 185-8](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-185-8), [Article 198-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-198-2) - [Penal Code (刑法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code): 10 provisions, among them [Article 9](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-9), [Article 19](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-19), [Article 19-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-19-2) - [Unfair Competition Prevention Act (不正競争防止法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act): 8 provisions, among them [Article 21](https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-21), [Article 32](https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-32), [Article 33](https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-33) - [Banking Act (銀行法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act): 5 provisions, among them [Article 63-2-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63-2-3), [Article 68](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-68), [Article 69](https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-69) - [Act on General Rules for National Taxes (国税通則法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 132](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-132), [Article 151](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-151), [Article 157](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-tax-general-rules-act/art-157) - [Local Tax Act (地方税法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 22-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-22-4), [Article 22-23](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-22-23), [Article 22-28](https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-22-28) - [Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles (性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 1](https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-1), [Article 8](https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-8), [Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13) ## Related - [Penal detention (拘留, こうりゅう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/penal-detention) - [Petty fine (科料, かりょう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/petty-fine) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (6 records) - English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI