An administrative organ's head or administrative entity may transfer the case to another head or entity upon consulting with them, if the personal information the administrative entity holds that is subject to a request for disclosure has been provided by an administrative entity other than one to which the head or entity in question belongs, or there are justifiable grounds for that other head or entity to make a decision on disclosure. In this case, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity that has transferred the case must notify the person requesting disclosure in writing to the effect that the case has been transferred.
If a case has been transferred pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an administrative organ's head or administrative entity to which the case has been transferred must make a decision on disclosure in relation to the relevant request for disclosure. In this case, actions that the administrative organ's head or administrative entity that has transferred the case has made prior to the transfer are deemed to be those that the administrative organ's head or administrative entity to which the case has been transferred has made.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the administrative organ's head or administrative entity to which the case has been transferred makes a decision set forth in Article 82, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "decision to disclose" in this Section), the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must implement the disclosure. In this case, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity that has transferred the case must cooperate as necessary in the implementation of that disclosure.