# 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 — 第三十八条 (Article 38)

- 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（最高裁判所規則への委任） — address `art-38`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-38
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-38
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### 第三十八条（最高裁判所規則への委任） — Delegation to Rules of the Supreme Court
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-38</sup>

  **第一項**  この節に定めるもののほか、前三条の規定の実施に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
  <sup>art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-38/par-1</sup>
  Beyond what is provided for in this Section, matters necessary for the implementation of the provisions of the preceding three Articles are specified by Rules of the Supreme Court.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-38/par-1: 前三条 → 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 第三十五条 (Article 35), art-35 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-35
- art-38/par-1: 前三条 → 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 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-36
- art-38/par-1: 前三条 → 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 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-37

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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-20261011T094824-008, 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