# 遺失物法 / Lost Property Act — 第二十一条 (Article 21) - Law: 遺失物法 (Lost Property Act), 平成十八年法律第七十三号 - English title "Lost Property Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十一条 (Article 21)（特例施設占有者による処分） — address `art-21` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十一条（特例施設占有者による処分） — Disposal by Special-Case Facility Occupants caption: machine translation, not official art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21 **第一項** 特例施設占有者は、前条第一項本文又は第二項に規定する場合において、次に掲げるときは、政令で定めるところにより、保管物件について廃棄その他の処分をすることができる。 art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1 In the cases prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a special-case facility occupant may, as provided by Cabinet Order, dispose of property in custody by destroying it or otherwise, in any of the following circumstances: machine translation, not official **一** 売却につき買受人がないとき。 art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1/item-1 when there is no purchaser at the sale; machine translation, not official **二** 売却による代金の見込額が売却に要する費用の額に満たないと認められるとき。 art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1/item-2 when the expected proceeds of the sale are recognized as less than the amount of the expenses required for the sale; machine translation, not official **三** 前条第一項ただし書に該当するときその他売却をすることができないと認められるとき。 art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1/item-3 when the case falls under the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or in any other case where the sale is recognized as impossible. machine translation, not official **第二項** 特例施設占有者は、前項（第一号を除く。）の規定による処分をしようとするときは、国家公安委員会規則で定めるところにより、その旨を警察署長に届け出なければならない。 art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-2 When a special-case facility occupant intends to make a disposal under the preceding paragraph (excluding item (i)), the occupant must so notify the chief of a police station as provided by National Public Safety Commission Rules. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-21/par-1: 前条第一項 → 遺失物法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-1 - art-21/par-1: 第二項 → 遺失物法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-2 - art-21/par-1/item-3: 前条第一項 → 遺失物法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-1 - art-21/par-2: 前項 → 遺失物法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1 - art-21/par-2: 第一号 → 遺失物法 第二十一条第一項第一号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-21/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 遺失物法 第二十条第三項（特例施設占有者による売却等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-20/par-3 - 遺失物法 第二十一条第二項（特例施設占有者による処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-21/par-2 - 遺失物法 第二十六条第二項（指示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-26/par-2 - 遺失物法 第四十二条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-42/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 遺失物法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/418AC0000000073/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 遺失物法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1640), retrieved 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch lost-property-act-20261011T093710-003, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 186 — 遺失物法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11