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Originally Posted by Renall
But that diary belongs to a dead person. Surely they have the authority to just look through it.
I find it a bit strange that they can essentially detain you indefinitely for questioning but can't keep your writings long enough to read them or make copies.
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No, by right it belongs to the next of kin and as long as there is no direct necessity to obtain said diary, it is very likely that they (at least technically) handed it over to Eva and Ange even before directly finding a necessity to obtain said evidence.
There was ample ways to obtain handwritten evidence from Ushiromiya Maria, but as long as no police officer took a closer look into said diary there would have been ample evidence in her school to access.
Finding the parts where Maria talks about Beatrice AND feature writing by "Beatrice" (which could very likely be just that one page about the Mariage Sorciere) has a very low likelihood if you don't know what you are looking for.
Article 35 of the Japanese Constitution reads:
The right of all persons to be secure in their homes, papers and effects against entries, searches and seizures shall not be impaired except upon warrant issued for adequate cause and particularly describing the place to be searched and things to be seized, or except as provided by Article 33.
(Sub-clause)
Each search or seizure shall be made upon separate warrant issued by a competent judicial officer.
Also interesting is a sub-clause on Article 38:
No person shall be convicted or punished in cases where the only proof against him is his own confession.
Which would basically disable the Japanese police to do anything in the case of "Beatrice's confession"