# 遺失物法 / Lost Property Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25)

- Law: 遺失物法 (Lost Property Act), 平成十八年法律第七十三号
- English title "Lost Property 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（報告等） — address `art-25`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/lost-property-act/art-25
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-25
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### 第二十五条（報告等） — Reports
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/lost-property-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-25</sup>

  **第一項**  都道府県公安委員会（以下「公安委員会」という。）は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、施設占有者に対し、その交付を受け、又は自ら拾得をした物件に関し、報告又は資料の提出を求めることができる。
  <sup>art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/lost-property-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-25/par-1</sup>
  The Prefectural Public Safety Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Public Safety Commission") may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, request a facility occupant to make a report or submit materials concerning property that the facility occupant received by delivery or of which the facility occupant personally made a finding.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  公安委員会は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、特例施設占有者に対し、保管物件に関し報告若しくは資料の提出を求め、又は保管物件の提示を求めることができる。
  <sup>art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/lost-property-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-25/par-2</sup>
  The Public Safety Commission may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, request a special-case facility occupant to make a report or submit materials concerning property in custody, or to present property in custody.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 遺失物法 第四十二条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/lost-property-act/art-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-42/par-1/item-5
- 遺失物法 第四十二条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/lost-property-act/art-42/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/418AC0000000073/art-42/par-1/item-6

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 遺失物法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/418AC0000000073/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 遺失物法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1640), retrieved 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch lost-property-act-20261011T093710-004, translated 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch lost-property-act-20261011T095002-001, translated 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 186 — 遺失物法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
