# 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 — 第四十二条 (Article 42)

- 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（法務省令への委任） — address `art-42`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-42
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-42
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### 第四十二条（法務省令への委任） — Delegation to Ministry of Justice Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-42</sup>

  **第一項**  この章に定めるもののほか、この章の規定を実施するための手続その他必要な事項は、法務省令で定める。
  <sup>art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-42/par-1</sup>
  In addition to what is provided for in this Chapter, the procedures for implementing the provisions of this Chapter and other necessary matters are specified by Ministry of Justice Order.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261011T094824-009, 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