# 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 / 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 — 第一条 (Article 1)
- Law: 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 (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), 令和五年法律第六十七号
- English title "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": claude-opus-5-5
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- Provision: 第一条 (Article 1) — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第一条
art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、性的な姿態を撮影する行為、これにより生成された記録を提供する行為等を処罰するとともに、性的な姿態を撮影する行為により生じた物を複写した物等の没収を可能とし、あわせて、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の措置をすることによって、性的な姿態を撮影する行為等による被害の発生及び拡大を防止することを目的とする。
art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-1/par-1
The purpose of this Act is to prevent the occurrence and spread of harm caused by acts of photographing sexual poses and similar acts, by punishing acts of photographing sexual poses, acts of providing records generated thereby, etc., while making it possible to confiscate copies, etc. of articles produced by acts of photographing sexual poses, and also by taking measures such as the erasure of electronic or magnetic records of images of sexual poses recorded on seized articles.
machine translation, not official
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## Sources
- claude-opus-5-5 — English titles of cited laws, written for this site, written 2026-09-29
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 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 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/505AC0000000067/20260521_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sexual-image-filming-act-20261011T094824-001, translated 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 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 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11