総務大臣は、総務省指定職員に前条第一項第一号に掲げる者(以下この条から第百四十四条の三十八の四までにおいて「元売業者等」という。)に対し実地の調査において前条の規定による質問、検査又は提示若しくは提出の要求(以下この条及び第百四十四条の三十八の四において「質問検査等」という。)を行わせる場合には、あらかじめ、当該元売業者等(当該元売業者等について税務代理人(税理士法第三十条(同法第四十八条の十六において準用する場合を含む。)の書面を提出している税理士若しくは税理士法人又は同法第五十一条第一項の規定による通知をした弁護士若しくは同条第三項の規定による通知をした弁護士法人若しくは弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人をいう。以下この款において同じ。)がある場合には、当該税務代理人を含む。)に対し、その旨及び次に掲げる事項を通知するものとする。
Where the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications is to have an official designated by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications conduct, in an on-site examination of a person set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article (hereinafter in this Article through Article 144-38-4 referred to as a "primary distributor, etc."), the questioning, inspection or request for presentation or submission under the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter in this Article and Article 144-38-4 referred to as "questioning, inspection, etc."), the Minister is to notify in advance that primary distributor, etc. (including, where that primary distributor, etc. has a tax representative (meaning a certified public tax accountant or certified public tax accountant corporation that has submitted the document under Article 30 of the Certified Public Tax Accountant Act (Act No. 237 of 1951) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 48-16 of that Act), an attorney who has given the notice under Article 51, paragraph (1) of that Act, or an attorney corporation or joint corporation of attorneys and registered foreign lawyers that has given the notice under paragraph (3) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Subsection), that tax representative) of that fact and of the following matters: