The officers and employees or former officers and employees of the supervising organization must not divulge or misappropriate any confidential information which they came to know of in connection with their work, without reasonable grounds.

Beyond what is provided for in this Section, the licensing procedures for the supervising organizations and other necessary matters relating to implementation of this Section are provided for by Order of the competent ministry.

A person engaging in the supervision (referred to as "training supervisor" in Article 48, paragraph (1)) or its officers or employees (referred to as "training supervisors, etc." in the following Article) must not force the technical intern trainees to engage in technical intern training against their will through the use of assault, intimidation, confinement, or any other means which unfairly restrict the mental or physical freedom of the technical intern trainee.

①The training supervisors, etc. must not enter into a contract that stipulates penalties for or predetermines compensations for damage on the non-performance of a contract regarding technical intern training, with the technical intern trainees, etc. (meaning technical intern trainees or persons who wish to become technical intern trainees; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), their spouses, their lineal relatives, their relatives cohabiting with the technical intern trainees, etc., or any other person who has a close personal relationship with the technical intern trainees, etc.

②The training supervisors, etc. must not have a technical intern trainee, etc. enter into a savings contract incidental to the contract for technical intern training or enter into a contract assuming control of the savings of the technical intern trainee, etc.

①A person conducting technical intern training, training supervisor, or officer or employee thereof (referred to as "persons associated with technical intern training" in the following paragraph) must not retain the passport (meaning the passports as prescribed for in the provisions of Article 2, item (v) of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies in Article 111, item (v)) or residence card (meaning the residence cards as prescribed for in the provisions of Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies in Article 111, item (v)) of a technical intern trainee.

②Persons associated with technical intern training must not improperly restrict the freedom of the technical intern trainees to go out, or otherwise impose unfair restrictions on their freedom in their personal lives.

①If an implementing organization, supervising organization, or officers or employees thereof (referred to as "implementing organization, etc." in the following paragraph) is in violation of the provisions of this Act or any order based thereon, the technical intern trainee may report that fact to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②The implementing organization, etc. must not suspend the technical intern training for the technical intern trainee or subject that trainee to other disadvantageous treatment, due to the technical intern trainee having given the report provided for in the preceding paragraph.

①If it is found necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the implementing organization with the necessary guidance or advice to secure the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees, and the competent minister may provide the supervising organization with the necessary guidance or advice to secure the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees

②The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must provide the necessary information, advice, or other assistance in response to a consultation from a technical intern trainee for the purpose of the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees.

①If an implementing organization or supervising organization intends to file a notification under Article 19, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph(1), a notice under Article 19, paragraph (2), or a notification of discontinuation or suspension of business under Article 34, paragraph(1), it must communicate and coordinate with other implementing organizations, supervising organizations, or other relevant persons and must take other necessary measures to ensure that the technical intern trainees relevant to the implementing organization or supervising organization who wish to continue with the technical intern training are able to do so.

②If it is found necessary for implementation of the measures prescribed in the provisions of the preceding paragraph or for any other purpose, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may give the necessary guidance and advice to the persons provided for in item (i), and the competent minister may give the necessary advice and guidance to the persons provided for in item (ii):

①The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must endeavor to promote technical intern training evaluation examinations, in order to ensure the smooth evaluation of skills, etc., by implementing organizations.

②The competent ministers must establish the standards for technical intern training evaluation examinations by order of the competent ministry, in order to ensure that fair technical intern training evaluation examinations are conducted.

If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare find it to be necessary for the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of technical intern trainees, they may request necessary cooperation in relation to the technical intern training regarding the business in the specific industry from the minister who has jurisdiction over that industry (referred to as "minister with jurisdiction over the business" in paragraph (1) of the following Article).

①The minister with jurisdiction over the business may organize a council composed of that minister and implementing organizations or supervising organizations related to the specific industries under the jurisdiction of the minister (hereinafter referred to as "business council" in this Article).

②The business council may add the OTIT or other persons as members if the business council finsa this necessary.

③The business council is to share useful information for the purpose of proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of technical intern trainees, through mutual communication among its members, in order to work towards close cooperation among its members; and is to discuss initiatives to contribute to the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees in light of the actual conditions of the business.

④Any person who performs or previously performed the administrative affairs of the business council must not divulge or misappropriate any confidential information which they came to know of in connection with those administrative affairs, without reasonable grounds.

⑤Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, any other necessary matters in relation to the organization and management of the business council are established by the business council.

①If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare found it to be necessary for the purpose of the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees, they may provide information to the heads of the relevant administrative organs to contribute to the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees.

②If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare find that there are measures based on the provisions of other laws that may be used for the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees, and that measures should be implemented promptly for the purpose of the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees, they may make a request to the minister with jurisdiction over the administrative affairs for prompt implementation of those measures.

③If, as provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare have made a request for the prompt implementation of measures set forth under the same paragraph, they may make a request to the relevant minister set forth in the same paragraph for a report on the status of implementation of those measures.

①National government agencies with jurisdiction over the administrative affairs relating to technical intern training within a region may organize a council made up of those agencies, local government agencies, and other relevant agencies (hereinafter referred to as a "regional council" in this Article).

②A regional council may add the OTIT or other persons as members if the regional council finds this necessary.

③A regional council is to share useful information for the purpose of the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees, through mutual communication among its members, in order to work toward close cooperation among its members; and is to discuss initiatives to contribute to the proper implementation of technical intern training and protection of the technical intern trainees in light of the actual conditions of the region.

④Any person who performs or previously performed administrative affairs of a regional council must not divulge or misappropriate any confidential information which they came to know of in connection with the administrative affairs, without reasonable grounds.

⑤Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, any other necessary matters for organization and management of the regional council are established by the regional council.