# 刑事訴訟法 / Code of Criminal Procedure — 第四百九十八条の二 (Article 498-2)

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- Law: 刑事訴訟法 (Code of Criminal Procedure), 昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号
- English title "Code of Criminal Procedure": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第四百九十八条の二 (Article 498-2) — address `art-498-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-20
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### 第四百九十八条の二
<sup>art-498-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-498-2</sup>

  **第一項**  不正に作られた電磁的記録又は没収された電磁的記録に係る記録媒体を返還し、又は交付する場合には、当該電磁的記録を消去し、又は当該電磁的記録が不正に利用されないようにする処分をしなければならない。
  <sup>art-498-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-498-2/par-1</sup>
  When a recording medium pertaining to an electronic or magnetic record that has been unlawfully created or confiscated is returned or delivered, the electronic or magnetic record must be deleted, or disposed of so as not to be unlawfully used.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  不正に作られた電磁的記録については、複写を許してはならない。
  <sup>art-498-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-498-2/par-2</sup>
  Copying of an electronic or magnetic record that has been unlawfully created must not be allowed.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  不正に作られた電磁的記録に係る記録媒体が公務所に属する場合において、当該電磁的記録に係る記録媒体が押収されていないときは、不正に作られた部分を公務所に通知して相当な処分をさせなければならない。
  <sup>art-498-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-criminal-procedure/art-498-2/par-3</sup>
  When a recording medium pertaining to an electronic or magnetic record that has been unlawfully created belongs to a public office and is not seized, the public office must be notified of the part unlawfully created and appropriately dispose of that part.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 刑事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-10-20 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000131/20261020_508AC0000000067), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3739/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Code of Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3740/tb), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch code-of-criminal-procedure-20261106T054114-017, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 刑事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06