# 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 — 第十五条 (Article 15)

- 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（対象領置物件の保管等） — address `art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
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### 第十五条（対象領置物件の保管等） — Storage, etc. of Covered Retained Articles
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-15</sup>

  **第一項**  検察官は、第十二条前段又は第十三条第三項前段若しくは第七項前段の規定により領置した物（以下「対象領置物件」という。）のうち、運搬又は保管に不便な対象領置物件については、看守者を置き、又は所有者その他の者に、その承諾を得て、これを保管させることができる。
  <sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-15/par-1</sup>
  Of the articles retained under the first sentence of Article 12 or the first sentence of Article 13, paragraph (3) or (7) (hereinafter referred to as "covered retained articles"), a public prosecutor may, for a covered retained article that is inconvenient to transport or store, place a guard over it or have the owner or another person store it with that person's consent.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  保管上危険を生じるおそれがある対象領置物件は、廃棄することができる。
  <sup>art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-15/par-2</sup>
  A covered retained article that is likely to give rise to danger in storage may be disposed of.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-15/par-1: 第十二条 → 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 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-12
- art-15/par-1: 第十三条第三項 → 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 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-13/par-3
- art-15/par-1: 第七項 → 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 第十三条第七項 (Article 13, paragraph (7)), art-13/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sexual-image-filming-act/art-13/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/505AC0000000067/art-13/par-7

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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-20261011T094824-004, 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
