The Prime Minister must notify the following matters to the person that is to be the addressee of a payment order for administrative monetary penalty, by giving a considerable period of time before the deadline for the submission of a written explanation (if an opportunity for an oral explanation is to be granted, the date and time of the oral explanation):
the amount of administrative monetary penalty ordered to be paid;
納付を命じようとする課徴金の額
the basis for calculating administrative monetary penalty and the act subject to administrative monetary penalty for the administrative monetary penalty; and
課徴金の計算の基礎及び当該課徴金に係る課徴金対象行為
the submission location of a written explanation and the submission deadline (when an opportunity for oral explanation is to be granted, a notice to that effect and the date, time, and place for the person to appear).
弁明書の提出先及び提出期限（口頭による弁明の機会の付与を行う場合には、その旨並びに出頭すべき日時及び場所）
If the whereabouts of the person who is to be the addressee of a payment order for administrative monetary penalty is unknown, the Prime Minister may give a notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph by taking the measures of keeping a document stating the name of that person (if the person is a corporation, its name and the name of its representative), the matters stated in item (iii) of that paragraph, and the matters stated in the items of that paragraph entered by the Prime Minister (referred to as "public notice matters" below in this paragraph), readily available for inspection by a large number of unspecified persons by a method prescribed by Cabinet Office Order, and also taking the measures of posting the document stating the public notice matters on the bulletin board at the Consumer Affairs Agency, or displaying the public notice matters on the visual screen of a computer installed in the office of the Consumer Affairs Agency. In such a case, the notice is deemed to have reached the person two weeks after the date on which the measures have been taken.
内閣総理大臣は、課徴金納付命令の名宛人となるべき者の所在が判明しない場合においては、前項の規定による通知を、その者の氏名（法人にあつては、その名称及び代表者の氏名）、同項第三号に掲げる事項及び内閣総理大臣が同項各号に掲げる事項を記載した書面をいつでもその者に交付する旨（以下この項において「公示事項」という。）を内閣府令で定める方法により不特定多数の者が閲覧することができる状態に置くとともに、公示事項が記載された書面を消費者庁の掲示場に掲示し、又は公示事項を消費者庁の事務所に設置した電子計算機の映像面に表示したものを閲覧することができる状態に置く措置をとることによつて行うことができる。この場合においては、当該措置をとつた日から二週間を経過したときに、当該通知がその者に到達したものとみなす。