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such state of emergency to be a state of severity, and the dispositions of sections 5 and 6, paragraph 2, shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Upon issuance of the announcement under paragraph 1, the Prime Minister shall also have the following powers in addition to the powers under sections 7, 8, 9, and 10:

(1)to announce granting the competent officers the power to arrest and hold the persons suspected of participating in the acts which cause the state of emergency, or of being abettors, propagators, or aiders in those acts, or of concealing information about the acts which cause the state of emergency, only to the extent necessary for preventing them from committing or joining in the commission of any acts which would lead to a severe incident or for generating cooperation in the abatement of a severe incident;

(2)to announce granting the competent officers the power to order any persons to report to them or to appear and give statements or submit any documents or evidence relating to the state of emergency;

(3)to announce granting the competent officers the power to order seizure or attachment of weapons, goods, consumables, chemical substances, or any other objects in the event that they are reasonably believed to have been used or to be used for causing or aiding the causing of the state of emergency;

(4)to announce granting the competent officers the power to order search, demolition, removal, or destruction of buildings, structures, or barriers as necessary for the performance of the duties to promptly abate and terminate a severe incident where a delay might render timely abatement of the situation impossible;

(5)to announce granting the competent officers the power to order censorship of letters, written materials, printed materials, telegrams, telephone [conversations], or any other communications, and to order abatement or termination of the making of any contacts or communications in order to prevent or abate a severe incident, in respect of which the criteria designated in the law on special investigation must be observed mutatis mutandis;

(6)to announce prohibiting the doing of any acts or requiring any acts to be done, only to the extent necessary for maintenance of the security of the State, the safety of the Country, or the safety of the public;

(7)to announce granting the competent officers the power to order prohibition of any persons from leaving the Kingdom when there is a reasonable belief that their leaving of the Kingdom would affect the security of the State or the safety of the Country;