Chapter IV-2 Processing and Use, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information (Articles 30-16 to 30-28)
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Article 30-16第三十条の十六
Publication of Reports（報告書の公表）
Article 30-16, paragraph (1)
The Agency must, at least once each year, prepare a report on the status of the provision of identity confirmation information retained by the Agency and resident record codes under Article 30-9, Article 30-9-2, and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to the part concerning the provision of identity confirmation information retained by the Agency to a handler of quasi-statutory work (limited to an organ of the State or a juridical person listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table I; the same applies in Article 30-23, Article 30-28, paragraph (1), and Article 30-30, paragraph (2))), as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, and make the report public.
Identity Confirmation Information Management Rules（本人確認情報管理規程）
Article 30-17, paragraph (1)
The Agency must establish Identity Confirmation Information Management Rules concerning the matters specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order in relation to the implementation of the work that the Agency is to process under this Chapter and Article 37, paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as "identity confirmation information processing work"), and obtain the approval of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. The same applies when it intends to change these Rules.
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications may, when finding that the Identity Confirmation Information Management Rules approved under the preceding paragraph have become inappropriate for the proper and reliable implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, order the Agency to change these Rules.
The Agency must, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, keep and preserve books stating the matters specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order concerning the identity confirmation information processing work.
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications may, when finding it necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, issue to the Agency any order necessary for supervision in relation to the implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work.
The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications may, when finding it necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, require the Agency to report as necessary on the status of the implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, or have its officials enter the office of the Agency and inspect the status of the implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, or its books, documents, or other objects.
An official who conducts an on-site inspection under the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card and present it when requested to do so by a related person.
The authority to conduct on-site inspections under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being vested for criminal investigation.
第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。
Article 30-21第三十条の二十一
Technical Advice, etc. to Prefectural Governors（都道府県知事に対する技術的な助言等）
Article 30-21, paragraph (1)
The Agency is to provide the prefectural governor with the necessary technical advice and provision of information concerning the computer processing (meaning the input, storage, editing, processing, correction, updating, retrieval, deletion, output, or other similar processing of information carried out using a computer; the same applies hereinafter) of identity confirmation information pertaining to the notice under Article 30-6, paragraph (1).
Liaison and Coordination, etc. among Municipalities（市町村間の連絡調整等）
Article 30-22, paragraph (1)
The prefectural governor is to carry out the necessary liaison and coordination among the municipalities within the area of the prefecture, concerning the transmission of identity confirmation information via a telecommunications line under Article 30-6, paragraph (2), and the processing of other affairs of a municipality prescribed in this Chapter.
The prefectural governor is to provide the necessary cooperation to the mayors of the municipalities within the area of the prefecture, so that accurate records concerning residents are made in the basic resident register.
The Agency must provide the necessary cooperation to the prefectural governor, so that accurate records concerning residents are made in the basic resident register of the municipalities within the area of the prefecture.
Fee for the Provision of Identity Confirmation Information, etc.（本人確認情報等の提供に関する手数料）
Article 30-23, paragraph (1)
The Agency may collect a fee, in the amount specified with the approval of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, from an organ of the State or a juridical person listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 1, a handler of quasi-statutory work, or the Digital Agency, that makes a request prescribed in Article 30-9, Article 30-9-2, paragraph (1), or Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1).
Section 4 Protection of Identity Confirmation Information第四節 本人確認情報の保護
Article 30-24第三十条の二十四
Ensuring the Security of Identity Confirmation Information（本人確認情報の安全確保）
Article 30-24, paragraph (1)
When the prefectural governor carries out the computer processing, etc. (meaning computer processing, or preparatory work for the input of information, or the storage of a magnetic disk; the same applies hereinafter) of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), the prefectural governor must take the measures necessary for the prevention of leakage, loss and damage of that identity confirmation information and for other appropriate management of that identity confirmation information.
When the Agency carries out the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), the Agency must take the measures necessary for the prevention of leakage, loss and damage of that identity confirmation information and for other appropriate management of that identity confirmation information.
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the prefectural governor or the Agency of the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1) or Article 30-7, paragraph (1) performs the entrusted work.
Restriction on the Provision and Use of Identity Confirmation Information（本人確認情報の提供及び利用の制限）
Article 30-25, paragraph (1)
Except where the prefectural governor provides or uses identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor pursuant to Article 30-13, Article 30-15, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 30-15-2, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 37, paragraph (2), the prefectural governor must not provide or use identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1).
Except where the Agency provides or uses identity confirmation information retained by the Agency or a resident record code pursuant to Article 30-9 through Article 30-12, Article 30-15, paragraphs (3) through (5), Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1), or Article 37, paragraph (2), the Agency must not provide or use identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1).
Duty of Confidentiality of Officials, etc. of a Municipality or Prefecture, or of the Agency, Engaged in the Computer Processing, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information（本人確認情報の電子計算機処理等に従事する市町村若しくは都道府県又は機構の職員等の秘密保持義務）
Article 30-26, paragraph (1)
An official or former official of a municipality who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, or an official or former official of a prefecture who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, that the person has come to know in connection with those affairs.
A person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the mayor of a municipality or the prefectural governor of the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, or of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), or an officer or employee of that person, or a person who was such a person, an officer, or an employee, must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, that the person has come to know in connection with that entrusted work.
An officer or employee of the Agency (including a member of the Identity Confirmation Information Protection Committee prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (Act No. 29 of 2013)), or a person who held such a position, must not divulge any secret that the person has come to know in connection with identity confirmation information processing work.
A person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the Agency of the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), or an officer or employee of that person, or a person who was such a person, an officer, or an employee, must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, that the person has come to know in connection with that entrusted work.
Protection of Records Concerning Residents Pertaining to Identity Confirmation Information（本人確認情報に係る住民に関する記録の保護）
Article 30-27, paragraph (1)
A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the prefectural governor, must not wantonly disclose to another person any matter learned in connection with those affairs, or use it for a wrongful purpose.
A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the Agency, must not wantonly disclose to another person any matter learned in connection with those affairs, or use it for a wrongful purpose.
Ensuring the Security of Identity Confirmation Information, etc. by a Recipient, etc.（受領者等による本人確認情報等の安全確保）
Article 30-28, paragraph (1)
When the mayor of a municipality or another executive body of a municipality, the prefectural governor or another executive body of a prefecture, an organ of the State or a juridical person or a handler of quasi-statutory work listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 1, that has received the provision of identity confirmation information pursuant to Article 30-9, Article 30-10 through Article 30-14, Article 30-15, paragraph (2), or Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1) or (3), or the Digital Agency that has received the provision of a resident record code pursuant to Article 30-9-2 (hereinafter referred to as a "recipient"), carries out the computer processing, etc. of the identity confirmation information or resident record code that it has received the provision of pursuant to these provisions (hereinafter referred to as "received identity confirmation information, etc."), the recipient must take the measures necessary for the prevention of leakage, loss and damage of the received identity confirmation information, etc. and for other appropriate management of that received identity confirmation information, etc.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from a recipient of the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc. performs the entrusted work.