Know your rights in Japan

Had more trouble with renegade cops tonight. sa. Will post more on it later. For now, the police here are getting more aggressive in their tactics with foreigners. Print this and keep it in your wallet so you can demonstrate that you know your rights.

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"The Foreign Registry Law, Section 13, Clause 3. Public officials
governed by the previous clause, if asking for the Gaijin Card
outside of their workplace, must carry a certificate of their
identity and present it if asked."
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外国人登録 法　第十三条　第三項　前項に規定する職員は、その事務所以外の
場所に お いて登録証明書の掲示を求める場合には、その身分を示す証票を携
帯し、請求 があ るときは、これを掲示しなければならない。
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IF THE POLICE ASK FOR YOUR I.D. ask to see their ID and write down their name and badge number.

Ask why. Because, under Police Execution of Duties Law (Keisatsukan
Shokumu Shikkou Hou), Section 2:

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"A police officer is able to ask for a person's ID, but only if based
on a reasonable judgment of a situation where the policeman sees some
strange conduct and some crime is being committed, or else he has
enough reason to suspect (utagau ni tariru soutou na riyuu) that a
person will commit or has committed a crime, or else it has been
acknowledged that a particular person knows a crime will be
committed. In these cases a police officer may stop a person for
questioning."
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警察官職務執行法　第二条　警察官は、異常な挙動その他周囲の事情から合理
的に判 断して何らかの犯罪を犯し、若しくは犯そうとしていると疑うに足り
る相当な理由の ある者又は既に行われた犯罪について、若しくは犯罪が行わ
れようとしていることについて知っていると認められる者を停止させて質問
することができる。
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IF THE POLICE TRY TO TAKE YOU TO THE POLICE BOX (kouban):
they cannot do so against your will, unless they formally arrest you,
under the Shokumu Shikkou Hou Article 2, Clause 2 and 3:
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Clause Two: "It is possible to ask a particular person to accompany
the [police] to a nearby police station, police branch [i.e. kouban],
or any police administration area for questioning if it is determined
that this place is unsuitable for questioning because it obstructs
traffic or is disadvantageous to the questionee."

Clause Three: "Unless there is a regulation relating to criminal
action, officials may not confine, bring back to any police
administration area, or else coerce a person to reply to questions
against his will."
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警察官職務 執行法　第二条　第二項　その場で前項の質問をすることが本人に
対して不利であり、又は交通の妨害になると認められる場合においては、質
問するため 、その者に附近の警察署、派出所又は駐在所に同行することを求
めることができる。

警察官職務執行法　第二条　第三項　前二項に規定する者は、刑 事訴訟に関す
る法律 の規定によらない限り、身柄を拘束され、又はその意に 反して警察
署、派出所若しくは駐在所に連行され、若しくは答弁を強要されることはない。
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