# Article 22-18, paragraph (1), its wordings — Local Tax Act

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How the wording of Article 22-18, paragraph (1) (第二十二条の十八第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Local Tax Act (地方税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act
- Provision: Article 22-18, paragraph (1) (第二十二条の十八第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/art-22-18/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/local-tax-act/art-22-18/par-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 2 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 当該徴税吏員は、第二十二条の八の規定により電磁的記録を移転し、又は移転させた上差し押さえた記録媒体について留置の必要がなくなつた場合において、差押えを受けた者と当該記録媒体の所有者、所持者又は保管者とが異なるときは、当該差押えを受けた者に対し、当該記録媒体を交付し、又は当該電磁的記録の複写を許さなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> Where there is no longer a need to detain a recording medium that the competent tax collection official has seized after transferring, or causing to be transferred, an electronic or magnetic record pursuant to Article 22-8, if the person subject to the seizure differs from the owner, possessor or custodian of that recording medium, the official must deliver that recording medium to the person subject to the seizure, or permit that person to copy the electronic or magnetic record.

## 2. 1 October 2027 — Act No. 2 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 1 October 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 2 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/amendments/20271001_508AC0000000002

Japanese:

> 当該徴税吏員は、次の各号に掲げる記録媒体について留置の必要がなくなつた場合において、当該各号に定める者と当該記録媒体の所有者、所持者又は保管者とが異なるときは、当該各号に定める者に対し、当該記録媒体を交付し、又は当該電磁的記録の複写を許さなければならない。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> Where there is no longer a need to detain a recording medium listed in the following items, if the person specified in the relevant item differs from the owner, possessor or custodian of that recording medium, the competent tax collection official must deliver that recording medium to the person specified in the relevant item, or permit that person to copy the electronic or magnetic record:

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20270618_508AC0000000002)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20271001_508AC0000000002)