①When a private lodging manager seeks to conclude a management contract, it must deliver a document to the entrusting person (excluding a person who is a private lodging manager) and explain the contents of the management contract and particulars concerning its performance specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in it before concluding that contract.

②In lieu of delivering a document under the preceding paragraph, the private lodging manager may provide the entrusting person with the particulars to be described in that document by electronic or magnetic means (meaning a method using an electronic data processing system or other information communication technology as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; the same applies in Article 60, paragraph (2)) with the consent of the entrusting person, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. In this case, the private lodging manager is deemed to have delivered that document.

①When a private lodging manager has concluded its management contract, it must deliver a document stating the following to the entrusting person without delay:

②The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery of documents under the preceding paragraph.

A private lodging manager must not entrust another person with all of the private lodging management services that the private lodging business operator has entrusted to the private lodging manager.

The provisions of Articles 5 through 10 apply mutatis mutandis to a private lodging manager that runs a private lodging management business in a notified residence for which the private lodging management services have been entrusted. In this case, the term "notified residences and other places specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare" in Article 8, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the business office or office of the private lodging management business operator", and the term "prefectural governor" is deemed to be replaced with "Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or prefectural governor".

①A private lodging manager must not allow an employee or other worker engaged in the business to engage in the business unless the private lodging manager has them carry identification certifying that they are its workers, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

②When performing their duties, an employee or other worker of a private lodging manager must present the identification referred to in the preceding paragraph when requested to do so by the private lodging operator or any other person concerned.

A private lodging manager must keep accounts of its business at each place of business or offices, enter the date of the contract and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with regard to the management contract for each notified residence, and keep these accounts, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

A private lodging manager must display a sign in the form specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in a place easily visible to the public at each of its places of business or offices.

A private lodging manager must report regularly to the private lodging business operator on the state of implementation of the private lodging management services and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

①If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds it necessary to do so in order to ensure the proper operation of the private lodging management business, the Minister may order the private lodging manager to change its business methods or take other measures necessary to improve the operation of the business, to the extent necessary for that purpose. In this case, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must notify the prefectural governor of that order without delay.

②If the prefectural governor finds it necessary to do so in order to ensure the proper operation of the private lodging management business (limited to the business under Articles 5 through 10 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36; the same applies in Article 45, paragraph (2)), the governor may order the private lodging manager (limited to a person that runs a private lodging management business within the prefecture; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and Article 45, paragraph (2)) to change its business methods or take other measures necessary to improve its business operations, to the extent necessary for that purpose. In this case, the prefectural governor must notify the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of that order without delay.

①The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may revoke the registration of a private lodging manager or order the suspension of all or part of its business for a specified period not exceeding one year if the manager falls under any of the following items:

②The prefectural governor may request the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to make a disposition under the preceding paragraph if the private lodging manager has violated the provisions of Articles 5 through 10 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 36, or has violated an order under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article.

③If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issues an order under paragraph (1), the Minister must notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay.

④The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may revoke the registration of a private lodging manager if the Minister finds that the manager has not started its business within one year since it received the registration or has not carried out its business for more than one year.

⑤The provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which a disposition under paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph is made.

①The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must delete the registration if it loses its effect pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (2) or Article 28, paragraph (2), or the Minister has revoked it pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of the preceding Article.

②The provisions of Article 26, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the deletion of registration under the preceding paragraph.

If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has made a disposition under Article 42, paragraph (1) or (4), the Minister must issue public notice to that effect pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

①If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism finds it necessary to do so in order to ensure the proper operation of the private lodging management business, the Minister may request the private lodging manager to report on its business, or may have their officials enter the place of business, office or other facilities of the private lodging manager and inspect the business conditions or equipment, books and documents and other items, or ask questions to the persons concerned.

②If a prefectural governor finds it necessary to ensure the proper operation of a private lodging management business, the governor may request a private lodging manager to report on its business, or have their officials enter the place of business, office or other facilities of a private lodging manager and inspect the business conditions or equipment, books and documents and other items, or ask questions to the persons concerned.

③The provisions of Article 17, paragraph (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to on-site inspections under the preceding two paragraphs.