# 地方税法 / Local Tax Act — 第二十二条の八 (Article 22-8)

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- Law: 地方税法 (Local Tax Act), 昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号
- English title "Local Tax Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第二十二条の八 (Article 22-8)（電磁的記録に係る記録媒体の差押えに代わる処分） — address `art-22-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-01
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### 第二十二条の八（電磁的記録に係る記録媒体の差押えに代わる処分） — Disposition in Lieu of Seizure of Recording Media Relating to Electronic or Magnetic Records
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-22-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-22-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-22-8</sup>

    **第一項**  当該徴税吏員は、差し押さえるべき物件が電磁的記録に係る記録媒体であるときは、その差押えに代えて次に掲げる処分をすることができる。
    <sup>art-22-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-22-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-22-8/par-1</sup>
    If the article to be seized is a recording medium relating to electronic or magnetic records, the competent tax collection official may, in lieu of the seizure, take the following dispositions:
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **一**  差し押さえるべき記録媒体に記録された電磁的記録を他の記録媒体に複写し、印刷し、又は移転した上、当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえること。
      <sup>art-22-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-22-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-22-8/par-1/item-1</sup>
      copying, printing out or transferring the electronic or magnetic records recorded on the recording medium to be seized onto another recording medium, and then seizing that other recording medium; or
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  差押えを受ける者に差し押さえるべき記録媒体に記録された電磁的記録を他の記録媒体に複写させ、印刷させ、又は移転させた上、当該他の記録媒体を差し押さえること。
      <sup>art-22-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-22-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-22-8/par-1/item-2</sup>
      having the person subject to the seizure copy, print out or transfer the electronic or magnetic records recorded on the recording medium to be seized onto another recording medium, and then seizing that other recording medium.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 地方税法 第二十二条の十五第一項（領置目録等の作成等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-22-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-22-15/par-1
- 地方税法 第二十二条の十八第一項（移転した上で差し押さえた記録媒体の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/art-22-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000226/art-22-18/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 地方税法 — the text in force from 2026-10-16 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20261016_508AC0000000002), retrieved 2026-10-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 地方税法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/487), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch local-tax-act-20261027T214204-019, translated 2026-10-28
- This site's parser, version 218 — 地方税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-27
