When a person has applied for certification under the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must issue public notice of this and the particulars set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) of the same Article, as well as make the documents set forth in the items of paragraph (2) (excluding item (vi)(b), item (ix), and item (xi)) of that Article available for public inspection for two weeks after the public notice.
Before granting a certification as referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1), the Prime Minister is to hear the opinion of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry regarding whether grounds as provided for in Article 13, paragraph (3), item (ii) exist.
If the Prime Minister suspects a person applying for certification under the preceding Article to fall under Article 13, paragraph (5), item (iii) or (iv) or item (vi)(c), the Prime Minister is to seek the opinion of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency.
内閣総理大臣は、前条の規定による認定の申請をした者について第十三条第五項第三号、第四号又は第六号ハに該当する疑いがあると認めるときは、警察庁長官の意見を聴くものとする。