# 遺失物法 / Lost Property Act — 第五章 (Chapter 5) - 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: 第五章 (Chapter 5) — address `ch-5` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/ch-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/ch-5 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第五章　雑則 — Chapter V Miscellaneous Provisions heading: machine translation, not official ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/ch-5 ### 第三十八条（権限の委任） — Delegation of Authority caption: machine translation, not official art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-38 **第一項** この法律の規定により道公安委員会の権限に属する事務は、政令で定めるところにより、方面公安委員会に行わせることができる。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-38/par-1 Affairs falling within the authority of the Hokkaido Public Safety Commission under the provisions of this Act may, as provided by Cabinet Order, be conducted by a District Public Safety Commission. machine translation, not official ### 第三十九条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-39 **第一項** この法律の規定に基づき政令又は国家公安委員会規則を制定し、又は改廃する場合においては、政令又は国家公安委員会規則で、その制定又は改廃に伴い合理的に必要とされる範囲内において、所要の経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）を定めることができる。 art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-39/par-1 If a Cabinet Order or a Rule of the National Public Safety Commission is enacted, revised, or abolished under the provisions of this Act, necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) may be prescribed by the Cabinet Order or the National Public Safety Commission Rules to the extent considered reasonably necessary for the enactment, revision or abolition. machine translation, not official ### 第四十条（国家公安委員会規則への委任） — Delegation to the National Public Safety Commission Rules caption: machine translation, not official art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-40 **第一項** この法律に定めるもののほか、この法律の実施のための手続その他この法律の施行に関し必要な事項は、国家公安委員会規則で定める。 art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/lost-property-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-40/par-1 Beyond those prescribed in this Act, procedures for the implementation of this Act and other matters necessary for the enforcement of this Act are prescribed by the National Public Safety Commission Rules. machine translation, not official --- ## 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-20261011T093710-005, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch lost-property-act-20261011T093710-006, 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