①A qualified consumer organization must prepare an inventory of its property, etc. and a business report for the business year (including electronic or magnetic records (meaning records used in computerized data processing which are prepared in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by the human senses; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), if these are prepared in lieu of written documents; hereinafter referred to as "financial statements" in item (v) of the following paragraph and Article 53, item (vi)), within three months from the last day of each business year.

②The following documents must be kept in the office of a qualified consumer organization pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:

③Any person may make one of the following requests at any time during the business hours of a qualified consumer organization; provided, however, that when making a request as set forth in item (ii) or (iv), the person must pay the fees set forth by the qualified consumer organization:

④A qualified consumer organization may not refuse a request set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph except when there are reasonable grounds to do so.

⑤A qualified consumer organization must submit the documents provided for in paragraph (2), items (iii) through (vi) to the prime minister within three months from the last day of each business year.

①The prime minister may have a qualified consumer organization report on its operational and accounting conditions, and may have relevant officials enter its offices, inspect its operational conditions or books, documents, and other objects, and question the persons concerned, to the extent necessary for the implementation of this Act.

②When entering a qualified consumer organization's office pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an official must carry an identification card and show it to the persons concerned.

③The authority for on-site inspection provided for in paragraph (1) must not be construed as being approved for the purposes of criminal investigation.

①On finding that a qualified consumer organization has ceased to meet any of the requirements as set forth in Article 13, paragraph (3), items (ii) through (vii), the prime minister may order the qualified consumer organization to take necessary measures to meet the requirements.

②In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, when the prime minister finds that a qualified consumer organization has come to fall under any of the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (5), items (iii) through (vi), that a qualified consumer organization or its officer, employees, or expert advisor has violated the provisions of this Act in performing services related to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief, or that it is otherwise necessary to do so in order to ensure that a qualified consumer organization provides the services properly, the prime minister may order the qualified consumer organization to improve its personnel system, cease the violation, modify its operational rules, or take other measures necessary to improve its operations.

①The prime minister may revoke the certification of a qualified consumer organization as referenced in Article 13, paragraph (1) if any of the grounds in the following items exists:

②If a qualified consumer organization in violation of the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (4) does not make a notification or report prescribed in the paragraph and commits an act prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (4), item (x) with regard to demanding cease and desist or seeking injunctive relief, the prime minister may deem that grounds as provided in paragraph (1), item (iv) exist for that qualified consumer organization.

③In the case set forth in the main clause of Article 12-2, paragraph (1), item (ii), when the other qualified consumer organization's certification pursuant to Article 13, paragraph (1) has already expired due to the grounds set forth in the items of Article 22, or has already been revoked due to the grounds set forth in the items of Article 22, paragraph (1) (excluding the grounds set forth in item (iv) of paragraph (1) with regard to the proceedings for the litigation in which there was a final judgment or equally binding disposition) or the items of Article 92, paragraph (2) of Act on Special Measures for Consumer Litigation Procedure, and the prime minister finds that grounds set forth in Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv) as regards that other qualified consumer organization exist for the legal proceedings for which there was a final judgment or equally binding disposition (including the cases in which those grounds may be deemed to exist pursuant to the preceding paragraph), the prime minister may certify that this is the case for the corporation that used to be the other qualified consumer organization.

④The corporation that used to be the other qualified consumer organization provided for in the preceding paragraph is deemed to continue to exist after the conclusion of its liquidation as regards the application of that paragraph.

⑤Having revoked a certification as referenced in Article 13, paragraph (1) due to reasons set forth in the items of paragraph (1), or having found, pursuant to paragraph (3), that the grounds as set forth in paragraph (1), item (iv) exist, the prime minister is to issue public notice of this and of the date of the rescission or finding, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, and notify the qualified consumer organization or the corporation that used to be the other qualified consumer organization of this in writing.