Chapter IV Supervision
第四章 監督
第十五条（報告）
An administrative agency may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, request a specified business operator to submit reports or materials concerning its business.
第十六条（立入検査）
An administrative agency may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, have its officials enter the business offices or other facilities of a specified business operator, inspect books and documents and other articles, or question persons concerned about its business.
An official who conducts an on-site inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry a certificate showing the official's status and present it when requested by a person concerned.
前項の規定により立入検査をする当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があったときは、これを提示しなければならない。
The authority to conduct an on-site inspection under paragraph (1) must not be interpreted as having been granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation.
第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。
The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the Bank of Japan, which is a specified business operator.
第十七条（指導等）
When an administrative agency finds it necessary in order to ensure the proper and smooth implementation of the measures to be taken by specified business operators as provided for in this Act, it may give necessary guidance, advice and recommendations to a specified business operator.
第十八条（是正命令）
When an administrative agency finds that a specified business operator is in violation, in relation to its business, of the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) or (2) (including where these provisions are applied with replacement of terms pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article) or paragraph (4) of that Article, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, paragraphs (1) through (4), or Articles 9 through 10-5, it may order that specified business operator to take the measures necessary to rectify that violation.
行政庁は、特定事業者がその業務に関して第四条第一項若しくは第二項（これらの規定を同条第五項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）若しくは第四項、第六条、第七条、第八条第一項から第四項まで又は第九条から第十条の五までの規定に違反していると認めるときは、当該特定事業者に対し、当該違反を是正するため必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
Article 19Statement of Opinion by the National Public Safety Commission
第十九条（国家公安委員会の意見の陳述）
When the National Public Safety Commission finds that a specified business operator is in violation, in relation to its business, of the provisions prescribed in the preceding Article, it may state its opinion to an administrative agency (excluding a Prefectural Public Safety Commission; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) to the effect that the agency should issue the order under the provisions of the preceding Article to that specified business operator or, in the case where a disposition such as suspension of business may be imposed on the ground of that violation under the provisions of other laws and regulations, that the agency should impose that disposition on that specified business operator.
The National Public Safety Commission may, to the extent necessary for stating its opinion under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, request a specified business operator to submit reports or materials concerning its business, or instruct a prefectural police that it finds appropriate to conduct necessary investigations.
The Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department or the head of a Do, Fu or prefectural police headquarters of the prefectural police that has received the instruction under the preceding paragraph may, when found to be particularly necessary for conducting the investigation under that paragraph, with the prior approval of the National Public Safety Commission, have its officials enter the business offices or other facilities of a specified business operator, inspect books and documents and other articles, or question persons concerned about its business. In this case, the provisions of Article 16, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis.
前項の指示を受けた都道府県警察の警視総監又は道府県警察本部長は、同項の調査を行うため特に必要があると認められるときは、あらかじめ国家公安委員会の承認を得て、当該職員に、特定事業者の営業所その他の施設に立ち入らせ、帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させ、又はその業務に関し関係人に質問させることができる。この場合においては、第十六条第二項から第四項までの規定を準用する。
When the National Public Safety Commission intends to give the approval under the preceding paragraph, it must notify the administrative agency (or, where the administrative agency is a prefectural governor, that prefectural governor via the competent minister) to that effect in advance.
An administrative agency that has received the notification under the preceding paragraph may, as provided by Cabinet Order, request the National Public Safety Commission to hold the consultation necessary for coordinating the exercise of authority under the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) with the exercise of authority by the prefectural police under the provisions of paragraph (3). In this case, the National Public Safety Commission must comply with the request.