Chapter VI The Personal Information Protection Commission (Articles 150 to 159)
The law as Act Partially Amending the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, etc. (Act No. 56 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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Article 150, paragraph (1)（権限の委任）(Delegation of the Authority)Changed
If the Commission finds that there is a need for effectively giving a business handling personal or other related information a recommendation under Article 148, paragraph (1) or, an order for measures, a request under Article 148148-2, paragraph (21) or paragraph (3), or a payment order for administrative monetary penalty because there is a need to urgently and intensively ensure the proper handling of personal or other related information or similar other circumstances prescribed by Cabinet Order, the Commission may delegate an authority under Article 26, paragraph (1); under Article 146, paragraph (1); under Article 100, paragraph (1), Article 101, Article 102-2, Article 103, Article 105, Article 106 or Article 108 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 162 following the deemed replacement of terms; under Article 163; and under Article 164 to the competent minister for the business, as prescribed by Cabinet Order.
When having exercised an authority delegated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the competent minister for the business is to report its results to the Commission as prescribed by Cabinet Order.
The competent minister for the business may delegate all or part of an authority delegated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or all or part of an authority under the preceding paragraph to the head of a local branch bureau under Article 43 of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or other bureau or organ prescribed by Cabinet Order, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
The Prime Minister delegates an authority delegated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and an authority under paragraph (2) (limited to those relating to the Financial Services Agency's jurisdiction and excluding those prescribed by Cabinet Order) to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.
The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency may delegate a part of an authority delegated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency may delegate a part of an authority delegated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) (excluding those delegated to the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph) to the director-general of a local finance bureau or local finance branch bureau, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission may delegate a part of an authority delegated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) to the director-general of a local finance bureau or local finance branch bureau, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
As for administrative affairs relating to an authority delegated to the director-general of a local finance bureau or local finance branch bureau pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission directs and supervises the director-general of a local finance bureau or local finance branch bureau.
In the case referred to in paragraph (5), an appeal for review concerning the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission's requiring the submission of a report or material (including cases in which the director-general of a local finance bureau or local finance branch bureau does so pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7)) may only be filed against the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission.
Requests by the Competent Minister for the Business（事業所管大臣の請求）
Article 151, paragraph (1)
If the competent minister for the business finds that a business handling personal or other related information has committed an act violating the provisions of Chapter IV, or there is a need for ensuring the proper handling of personal or other related information by a business handling personal or other related information, the minister may request that the Commission take appropriate measures in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
The competent minister for the business in the provisions of this Subsection is as follows:
この款の規定における事業所管大臣は、次のとおりとする。
Article 152, paragraph (1), item (i)
the competent minister for the handling of personal or other related information by a business handling personal or other related information that is relating to employment management is: the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare (or as for those relating to a mariner's employment management, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism); and a minister having jurisdiction over the business conducted by the business handling personal or other related information, the National Public Safety Commission, or the Japan Casino Regulatory Commission (referred to collectively as the "minister or commission" in the following item);
the competent minister for the handling of personal or other related information by a business handling personal or other related information other than the ones set forth in the preceding item is: the minister or commission having jurisdiction over the business conducted by the business handling personal or other related information.
Subsection 2 Supervision of Certified Personal Information Protection Organizations第二款 認定個人情報保護団体の監督
Article 153第百五十三条
Calling for Reports（報告の徴収）
Article 153, paragraph (1)
The Commission may call for a certified personal information protection organization to report on its certified services, to the extent necessary to implement the provisions of Section 5 of Chapter IV.
The Commission may order a certified personal information protection organization to improve a method of rendering certified services, alter personal information protection guidelines, or take any other necessary measures, to the extent necessary to implement the provisions of Section 5 of Chapter IV.
the organization has led to falling under Article 48, item (i) or item (iii);
第四十八条第一号又は第三号に該当するに至ったとき。
Article 155, paragraph (1), item (ii)
the organization has become unconformable to one of the items of Article 49;
第四十九条各号のいずれかに適合しなくなったとき。
Article 155, paragraph (1), item (iii)
the organization has violated the provisions of Article 55;
第五十五条の規定に違反したとき。
Article 155, paragraph (1), item (iv)
the organization disobeys an order under the preceding Article;
前条の命令に従わないとき。
Article 155, paragraph (1), item (v)
the organization has received a certification under Article 47, paragraph (1), or a certification of alteration under Article 50, paragraph (1) by wrongful means.
不正の手段により第四十七条第一項の認定又は第五十条第一項の変更の認定を受けたとき。
Article 155, paragraph (2)
When having rescinded a certification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commission must announce to the public to that effect.
委員会は、前項の規定により認定を取り消したときは、その旨を公示しなければならない。
Subsection 3 Monitoring of Administrative Entities第三款 行政機関等の監視
Article 156第百五十六条
Requests for Submission of Materials and Firsthand Inspection（資料の提出の要求及び実地調査）
Article 156, paragraph (1)
If the Commission finds it necessary for smooth application of the provisions of the preceding Chapter, the Commission may request an administrative organ's head or administrative entity (excluding the President of the Board of Audit; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection) to submit materials on and explain the state of implementation concerning the handling of personal or other related information by an administrative entity, or may have its employees conduct firsthand inspection.
If the Commission finds it necessary for smooth application of the provisions of the preceding Chapter, the Commission may give necessary guidance and advice to an administrative organ's head or administrative entity concerning the handling of personal or other related information by an administrative entity.
If the Commission finds it necessary for smooth application of the provisions of the preceding Chapter, the Commission may give recommendations to an administrative organ's head or administrative entity concerning the handling of personal or other related information by an administrative entity.
Requests for Reports on Measures Taken Based on Recommendations（勧告に基づいてとった措置についての報告の要求）
Article 159, paragraph (1)
When the Commission gives recommendations to an administrative organ's head or administrative entity pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the Commission may request that head or entity to report on measures that they have taken based on the recommendations.