Article 11Special Provisions on Due Date for Decisions on Disclosure or Non-Disclosure
第十一条（開示決定等の期限の特例）
If there is a risk of causing significant hindrance to the performance of affairs when making decisions on disclosure or non-disclosure for all of the administrative documents related to a request for disclosure within sixty days from the date the request for disclosure has been made because of the large volume of the administrative documents, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, it is sufficient for the head of an administrative organ to make a decision on disclosure or non-disclosure for a reasonable portion of the administrative documents related to a request for disclosure within that period, and make a decision on disclosure or non-disclosure for the remaining administrative documents within a reasonable period of time. In such a case, the head of an administrative organ must notify the disclosure requester in writing of the following matters within the period prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article:
the fact that this Article is to be applied and the reasons for this; and
本条を適用する旨及びその理由
the due date for making a decision on disclosure or non-disclosure for the remaining administrative documents.