# 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 — 第二十五条の三 (Article 25-3)

- 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
- 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: 第二十五条の三 (Article 25-3)（複写許可に係る電磁的記録の複写をしない場合の措置） — address `art-25-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-25-3
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### 第二十五条の三（複写許可に係る電磁的記録の複写をしない場合の措置） — Measures Where Electronic or Magnetic Records Relating to Permission to Copy Are Not Copied
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-25-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-25-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-25-3</sup>

  **第一項**  検察官は、第十八条の二第一項又は前条第一項の規定により複写を許した電磁的記録について、複写を許した日から起算して六月を経過する日までに、その複写を許された者がその複写をしないときは、これを複写させることを要しない。
  <sup>art-25-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-25-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-25-3/par-1</sup>
  With respect to an electronic or magnetic record the copying of which has been permitted pursuant to Article 18-2, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the person permitted to copy it does not copy it by the date on which six months have elapsed counting from the date on which copying was permitted, the public prosecutor is not required to have it copied.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-25-3/par-1: 第十八条の二第一項 → 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 第十八条の二第一項 (Article 18-2, paragraph (1)), art-18-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-18-2/par-1
- art-25-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-25-2/par-1

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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-20261011T094824-006, translated 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sexual-image-filming-act-20261011T094824-007, 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
