The Central Economic Investigation Board shall be charged with matters relating to the securing of enforcement of economic control concerning the production, distribution, consumption and price of goods and services (excluding wages), for the purpose of devising the harmonious rehabilitation of national economy, as follows:

The jurisdiction of the Divisions and Sections shall be prescribed by the Director General.

The Director General shall administer, the functions of the Board, instruct and supervise his staffs.

The Deputy Director General shall assist the Director General in the administration of the functions of the Board.

The Chiefs of Divisions shall be economic investigators and under the direction of their superiors administer the functions of the Division concerned.

The Central Economic Investigation Committee shall be composed of a Chairman and members of the Committee.

The Deputy Director General of the Central Economic Investigation Board shall be the chairman of the Central Economic Investigation Committee and members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Prime Minister from among officials of the Attorney General's Office, Supreme Public Procurator's Office, Economic Stabilization Board, Price Board, Central Economic Investigation Board, National Rural Police, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Construction.

The Central Economic Investigation Committee may recommend to the Director General of the Central Economic Investigation Board concerning matters provided in Paragraph 2 of Article 1.

Necessary matters concerning the Central Economic Investigation Committee which are not provided in the preceding four paragraphs shall be prescribed by the Director General.

The Regional Economic Investigation Board shall be under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister and be charged with matters provided in Paragraph 2 of Article 1.

The are a and the name of the Economic Investigation Region and the location and the name of the Regional Economic Investigation Board shall be as provided in Attached Table No.2.

The jurisdiction of the General Affairs Section and the Divisions and Sections under the Divisions shall be prescribed by the Director of the Regional Economic Investigation Board.

Chiefs of Divisions who shall be an economic investigators and the chief of General Affairs Section shall, under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Regional Economic Investigation Board, administer the functions of the Divisions and Section.

The Regional Economic Investigation Committee shall be composed of a Chairman and members of the Committee.

The Director of the Regional Economic Investigation Board shall be the Chairman of the Regional Economic Investigation Committee and members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Director General of the Central Economic Investigation Board from among public procurators of the High Public Procurator's Office and officials of regional administrative agencies (in Hokkaido it shall include the Governor) of various government offices as provided in Paragraph 3 of Article 6.

The Regional Economic Investigation Committee may recommend to the Director of the Regional Economic Investigation Board concerning matters provided in Paragraph 2 of Article 1.

Necessary matters concerning the Regional Economic Investigation Committee which are not provided in the preceding four paragraphs shall be prescribed by the Director General of the Central Economic Investigation Board.

The Prefectural Economic Investigation Board shall be under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister and shall be charged with matters provided in items 1, 2 and 4 to 8 of Paragraph 2 of Article 1, within the concerned To or Prefecture.

The Prefectural Economic Investigation Committee shall be composed of a Chairman and members of the Committee.

The Director of the Prefectural Economic Investigation Board shall be the Chairman of the Prefectural Economic Investigation Committee and members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Director of the Regional Economic Investigation Board from among public procurators of the District Public Procurator's Office, officials of the prefectural administrative agencies of various government offices as provided in Paragraph 3 of Article 6 (including Headquarters of National Rural Police of To and Prefecture) and officials of prefectural government offices concerned.

The Prefectural Economic Investigation Committee may recommend to the Director of the Prefectural Economic Investigation Board concerning matters provided in items 1 to 6 and 8 of Paragraph 2 of Article 1.

Necessary matters which are not provided in the preceding four paragraphs shall be prescribed by the Director General of the Central Economic Investigation Board.

The economic investigator may conduct necessary inquiry relative to violation of Economic Laws. However, he shall not impose any compulsory measure except only in virture of special provisions of this Law.

The economic investigator may make inquiry and gather necessary reports from public offices concerning the inquiry provided in the preceding paragraph.

The economic investigator shall, in requesting the warrant referred to in the preceding paragraph, submit to the court an affidavit stating adequate reason for the request.

The judge of the appropriate court shall, upon receiving the request referred to in Paragraph 1, if there is adequate reason for the issuance of the warrant, issue a warrant to the economic investigator stating the place of entry, the person or the article to be searched, the article to be seized, the official position and the name of the economic investigator, the effective period of the warrant and the name of the court with the signature and seal of the judge. In case the name of the suspect and the violation is evident, the judge shall state them in the warrant.

The economic investigator may transmit the warrant to other economic investigators and have him execute matters provided in Paragraph 1.

The economic investigator, when making an investigation pursuant to a warrant referred to in Paragraph 1, shall be accompanied by a police officer of competent jurisdiction who shall serve the warrant and make necessary seizure or bodily search.

The economic investigator shall have authority to make inspection pursuant to the warrant provided in Paragraph 1 but seizures and bodily searches shall be made exclusively by the police.

The provision of Paragraph 2 of Article 20 shall apply in requesting for the warrant referred to in the preceding paragraph.

The judge of the appropriate court shall upon receiving request referred to in Paragraph 1, if there is adequate reason for the issuance of the warrant, issue a warrant to the economic investigator, stating the name and residence of the suspect, the name and position of the economic investigator, the effective period of the warrant, the name of the court, the specification of violation, with his signature and seal.

The economic investigator may transmit the warrant to other economic investigator and have him execute matters provided in Paragraph 1.

When flagrant offender is on the spot of the offence, the economic investigator may arrest without a warrant. In such case, when detention is necessary, the arrested person shall be turned over to the police official of National Rural Police or the police official of Police of Autonomous Entities and in any event, shall be turned over to the public procurator within fourty-eight (48) hours from the time of physical apprehension for decision whether or not to request a warrant of detention.

After arresting a flagrant offender or having the police official of National Rural Police or the police official of Police of Autonomous Entities arrest the suspect, the economic investigator shall conduct the case and present it to the public procurator shall apply the Law in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The Chief of the National Rural Police, Police of City, Town, Village or Police of Special Ward shall as far as possible comply with the request.

The Director General of the Central Economic Investigation Board may recommend on corrective measures to the competent supervising agency of the concerned administrative agency when upon results from information gathered as provided in Item 7 of Paragraph 2 of Article 1 or upon opinion reported as provided in the preceding paragraph, finds the prevention measures and inquiries into the violations of Economic Laws conducted, by the police or any other administrative agency, inadequate.

When deemed necessary in administration inspection as provided in Item 7 of Paragraph 2 of Article 1, or Paragraph 2 of Article 7, the Director General of the Central Economic Investigation Board or the Director of the Regional Economic Investigation Board, within the limit of their jurisdiction, may demand reports from the administrative agencies.