Chapter VI The Personal Information Protection Commission (Articles 160 to 170)
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.
The main text is read a page at a time: a chapter to a page, and a long chapter in runs of articles. The whole main text, and the supplementary provisions and appended tables this amendment changes. Those it leaves untouched are on the page for the text in force.
Article 160第百六十条
Restriction on the Exercise of Authority by the Commission（委員会の権限の行使の制限）
Article 160, paragraph (1)
In light of the purpose of the provisions of Article 149, paragraph (1), the Commission is not to exercise its authority when an administrative organ's head or administrative entity provides personal or other related information to a person set forth in one of the items of Article 57, paragraph (1) (limited to the case in which the person handles personal or other related information for the purpose specified in those items).
Article 161, paragraph (1)（送達すべき書類）(Document to be Served)Changed
For a requirement to submit a report or material under Article 146, paragraph (1), a recommendation under Article 148, paragraph (1), an order under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of that Articlefor measures, a call for a report under Article 153, an order under Article 154, or a rescission under Article 155, paragraph (1), a document specified by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission must be served.
Article 161, paragraph (2)（送達すべき書類）(Document to be Served)Changed
For an order under Article 148, paragraph (2)for measures or paragraph (3), oran order under Article 154, or a notice under Article 15, paragraph (1) or Article 30 of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) relating to a rescission under Article 155, paragraph (1), a document referred to in Article 15, paragraphs (1) and (2) or Article 30 of that Act must be served. In this case, the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31 of that Act following the deemed replacement of terms) do not apply.
Article 162, paragraph (1)（送達に関する民事訴訟法の準用）(Application, Mutatis Mutandis, of the Code of Civil Procedure Concerning Service of Documents)Changed
The provisions of Article 100, paragraph (1), Article 101, Article 102-2, Article 103, Article 105, Article 106, and Article 108 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the service under the preceding provisions of this Act (including Cabinet Orders or Orders of the Personal Information Protection Commission based on this Act; the same applies in Article 164). In this case, the term "court" in Article 100, paragraph (1) of the Code and the term "presiding judge" in Article 108 of the Code are deemed to be replaced by "Personal Information Protection Commission", and the term "court execution officer" in Article 101, paragraph (1) of the Code is deemed to be replaced by "official of the Personal Information Protection Commission".
The Commission may effect service by publication in the following cases:
委員会は、次に掲げる場合には、公示送達をすることができる。
Article 163, paragraph (1), item (i)（公示送達）
the address or residence of the person to be served or the place where service is to be effected is unknown;
送達を受けるべき者の住所、居所その他送達をすべき場所が知れない場合
Article 163, paragraph (1), item (ii)（公示送達）(Service by Publication)Changed
in cases of service that would be effected in a foreign country (meaning a country or region located outside the territory of Japan; the same applies hereinafter), the Commission finds that it is impossible to follow the provisions of Article 108 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article following the deemed replacement of terms, or it is impossible to effect service even if the Commission follows those provisions;
even after six months have elapsed since a commission was issued to the competent government agency of a foreign country pursuant to the provisions of Article 108 of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article following the deemed replacement of terms, no document that certifies that the agency has effected service has been sent.
Service by publication is effected by taking measures to make a notice to the effect that the documents to be served will be delivered at any time to the person to be served available for inspection by a large number of unspecified persons by the method specified by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission, and to post a document stating that effect on the notice board of the Commission or to make that effect, as displayed on the screen of a computer installed at the business office of the Commission, available for inspection.
Service by publication becomes effective once two weeks have elapsed since the date on which the measures under the preceding paragraph were commenced.
公示送達は、前項の規定による措置を開始した日から二週間を経過することによって、その効力を生ずる。
Article 163, paragraph (4)（公示送達）
Regarding service by publication in lieu of service to be made in a foreign country, the period referred to in the preceding paragraph is six weeks.
外国においてすべき送達についてした公示送達にあっては、前項の期間は、六週間とする。
Article 164第百六十四条
Using Electronic Data Processing Systems（電子情報処理組織の使用）
Article 164, paragraph (1)（電子情報処理組織の使用）(Using Electronic Data Processing Systems)Changed
When an official of the Commission has, pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002), used the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of that Act for administrating affairs related to a disposition notice, etc. prescribed in Article 3, item (ix) of that Act for which a document under Article 161the provisions of this Act is to be served, the official must use that electronic data processing system to record the particulars of the service under Article 100, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 162 following the deemed replacement of terms, in a file that is stored on a computer (including input or output device) used by the Commission, instead of preparing and submitting a document that states those particulars.
Public Announcement of the Status of Enforcement（施行の状況の公表）
Article 165, paragraph (1)
The Commission may request an administrative organ's head or administrative entity to report on the status of enforcement of this Act.
委員会は、行政機関の長等に対し、この法律の施行の状況について報告を求めることができる。
Article 165, paragraph (2)
Each year the Commission is to compile reports referred to in the preceding paragraph and make a summary of those reports public.
委員会は、毎年度、前項の報告を取りまとめ、その概要を公表するものとする。
Article 166第百六十六条
Requests for Necessary Information by a Local Government（地方公共団体による必要な情報の提供等の求め）
Article 166, paragraph (1)
When a local government finds it necessary for ensuring the proper handling of personal information by a local government organ, a local incorporated administrative agency or a business, the local government may request the Commission to provide it with necessary information or technical advice.
When requested pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commission is to provide necessary information or technical advice.
委員会は、前項の規定による求めがあったときは、必要な情報の提供又は技術的な助言を行うものとする。
Article 167第百六十七条
Notification When Local Ordinances are Prescribed（条例を定めたときの届出）
Article 167, paragraph (1)
When the head of a local government has prescribed the local ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this Act, that head must notify the Commission of this and the content of that ordinance pursuant to Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission without delay.
When a notification under the preceding paragraph has been given, the Commission must disclose the matters relating to that notification through the use of the Internet or other appropriate means.
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to any alteration to matters relating to the notification under paragraph (1).
前二項の規定は、第一項の規定による届出に係る事項の変更について準用する。
Article 168第百六十八条
Reports to the Diet（国会に対する報告）
Article 168, paragraph (1)
The Commission must annually report to the Diet through the Prime Minister on the current status of administering function under the jurisdiction, and disclose its summary.
The Commission is to establish a comprehensive information center for ensuring the smooth implementation of the provisions of this Act.
委員会は、この法律の円滑な運用を確保するため、総合的な案内所を整備するものとする。
Article 170第百七十条
Affairs Administered by a Local Government（地方公共団体が処理する事務）
Article 170, paragraph (1)
Administrative affairs under the Commission's authority prescribed in this Act or under an authority that has been delegated to the competent minister for the business or to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 150, paragraph (1) or paragraph (4) may be managed by the head of a local government or other executive agency as prescribed by Cabinet Order.