Chapter III Registered Agency for Regulating Transmission
第三章 登録送信適正化機関
Article 14Registration of Registered Agency for Regulating Transmission
第十四条（登録送信適正化機関の登録）
The Minister and the Prime Minister may have a person who has obtained registration from them (hereinafter referred to as the "registered agency for regulating transmission") conduct the following services (hereinafter referred to as the "services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc."):
総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、その登録を受けた者（以下「登録送信適正化機関」という。）に、次に掲げる業務（以下「特定電子メール等送信適正化業務」という。）を行わせることができる。
to give instructions or advices to a person who intends to file a petition with the Minister or the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 paragraph (1) or a petition with the Minister pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article;
to conduct investigations on facts pertaining to the petition in Article 8 paragraph (4) or paragraph (5), when requested by the Minister or the Prime Minister;
to collect and provide information or materials concerning specified electronic mail, etc.
特定電子メール等に関する情報又は資料を収集し、及び提供すること。
The registration in the preceding paragraph is to be made upon request from a person who intends to conduct the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.
前項の登録は、特定電子メール等送信適正化業務を行おうとする者の申請により行う。
Article 15Disqualification Clause
第十五条（欠格条項）
A person who falls under any of the following items may not be registered under paragraph (1) of the preceding article
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、前条第一項の登録を受けることができない。
a person who has been sentenced to a fine or severer punishment for violation of this Act or an order based upon this Act, and a period of two years has not elapsed from the day the sentence was completed or the day on which the person ceased to be subject to execution of the sentence.
この法律又はこの法律に基づく命令に違反し、罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなった日から二年を経過しない者
a person whose registration was rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, and a period of two years has not elapsed from the day of the rescission.
第二十五条の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から二年を経過しない者
where the applicant is a corporation, any of whose officers who execute its business falls under any of the preceding two items.
法人であって、その業務を行う役員のうちに前二号のいずれかに該当する者があるもの
Article 16Criterion for Registration
第十六条（登録基準）
The Minister and the Prime Minister must grant registration to any person who has applied for registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 paragraph (2), if the applicant for registration complies with all of the following requirements. In this case, the procedures necessary for registration is to be specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order.
総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、第十四条第二項の規定により登録を申請した者が次に掲げる要件の全てに適合しているときは、その登録をしなければならない。この場合において、登録に関して必要な手続は、総務省令・内閣府令で定める。
a person who has graduated from a university, or technical college, provided for in the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) as having mastered subjects concerning telecommunications (including a person who has completed the first-stage program of a professional and vocational university provided for in that Act as having mastered those subjects) and has one year or longer of experience in the business of electronic mail services, or a person who has knowledge and experiences equivalent thereto or higher, and is engaged in the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.;
学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）による大学若しくは高等専門学校において電気通信に関する科目を修めて卒業した者（当該科目を修めて同法による専門職大学の前期課程を修了した者を含む。）でその後一年以上電子メール通信役務に関する実務に従事した経験を有するもの又はこれと同等以上の知識経験を有する者が特定電子メール等送信適正化業務に従事するものであること。
the following measures are taken in order to properly implement the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.:
次に掲げる特定電子メール等送信適正化業務を適正に行うための措置がとられていること。
a full-time administrator is appointed at a unit to implement the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.;
特定電子メール等送信適正化業務を行う部門に専任の管理者を置くこと。
documents are prepared for ensuring management and proper implementation of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.;
特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の管理及び適正な実施の確保に関する文書が作成されていること。
in accordance with the descriptions in the documents under (b), a dedicated unit is set up for ensuring management and proper implementation of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.
ロに掲げる文書に記載されたところに従い特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の管理及び適正な実施の確保を行う専任の部門を置くこと。
The registration is to be made by entering the following matters in the registration book of registered agencies for regulating transmission:
登録は、登録送信適正化機関登録簿に次に掲げる事項を記載してするものとする。
date of registration and registration number
登録年月日及び登録番号
name and address of a registered agency for regulating transmission and, in the cases where the person is a juridical person, name of the representative
登録送信適正化機関の氏名又は名称及び住所並びに法人にあっては、その代表者の氏名
name and address of the office where a registered agency for regulating transmission conducts the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.
登録送信適正化機関が特定電子メール等送信適正化業務を行う事務所の名称及び所在地
Article 17Renewal of Registration
第十七条（登録の更新）
If the registration under Article 14 paragraph (1) is not renewed every three years, the registration ceases to be effective by passage of the period.
第十四条第一項の登録は、三年ごとにその更新を受けなければ、その期間の経過によって、その効力を失う。
The provisions of Article 14 paragraphs (2) and the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of registration under the preceding paragraph.
第十八条（特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の実施に係る義務）
A registered agency for regulating transmission must conduct the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. fairly and by methods complying with requirements listed in each item of Article 16 paragraph (1) and the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order.
登録送信適正化機関は、公正に、かつ、第十六条第一項各号に掲げる要件及び総務省令・内閣府令で定める基準に適合する方法により特定電子メール等送信適正化業務を行わなければならない。
Article 19Notification of Changes
第十九条（変更の届出）
A registered agency for regulating transmission must, when intending to change matters listed in item (ii) or item (iii) of Article 16 paragraph (2), notify the Minister and the Prime Minister to that effect two weeks prior to the date on which changes are to be made.
登録送信適正化機関は、第十六条第二項第二号又は第三号に掲げる事項を変更しようとするときは、変更しようとする日の二週間前までに、その旨を総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
A registered agency for regulating transmission must establish its operational rules and procedures (referred to as operational rules in the following paragraph) concerning the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc., and must notify the Minister and the Prime Minister of the rules and procedures prior to the commencement of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. The same applies when the rules and procedures are to be revised.
登録送信適正化機関は、特定電子メール等送信適正化業務に関する規程（次項において「業務規程」という。）を定め、特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の開始前に、総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
The operational rules must specify the methods of carrying out the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order.
業務規程には、特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の実施の方法その他の総務省令・内閣府令で定める事項を定めておかなければならない。
Article 21Suspension and Discontinuation of Services
第二十一条（業務の休廃止）
A registered agency for regulating transmission must, when intending to suspend its entire services or part of services, or discontinue the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc., notify the Minister and the Prime Minister to that effect in advance, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order.
登録送信適正化機関は、特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の全部又は一部を休止し、又は廃止しようとするときは、総務省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、その旨を総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
Article 22Preparation of Financial Statements and their Inspection
第二十二条（財務諸表等の備付け及び閲覧等）
A registered agency for regulating transmission must, within three months after the end of every business year, prepare an inventory of assets, a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement or income and expenditure account statement, and a business report (including an electronic or magnetic record (any record which is produced by electronic, magnetic, or any other means unrecognizable by natural perceptive function, and is used for data-processing by a computer; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) in cases where electronic or magnetic records are produced instead of those paper documents. In the following paragraph and Article 38, referred to as "financial statements, etc.") and retain thereof for a five-year period at its office.
A person or other interested person who received specified electronic mail, may, whenever within the business hours of a registered agency for regulating transmission, make the following requests. However, when making the request in item (ii) or item (iv), fees set forth by the registered agency for regulating transmission must be paid.
where financial statements, etc. are written documents, a request for inspection of the document or a copy thereof;
財務諸表等が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求
a request for certified transcript or abstract of the documents under the preceding item;
前号の書面の謄本又は抄本の請求
where financial statements, etc. are produced as electronic or magnetic records, a request for inspection of or to copy the matters recorded on the electronic or magnetic records which are displayed in a manner stipulated in the applicable Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order;
a request to provide the matters recorded on the electronic or magnetic records under the preceding item in an electronic or magnetic manner stipulated by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order or a request for issuance of written documents containing those matters.
Article 23Order for Compliance
第二十三条（適合命令）
When the Minister and the Prime Minister find that a registered agency for regulating transmission has failed to comply with any of the items in Article 16 paragraph (1), the Minister and the Prime Minister may order the registered agency for regulating transmission to take necessary measures for compliance with those provisions.
The Minister and the Prime Minister may, when they find that a registered agency for regulating transmission is violating the provisions of Article 18, order the registered agency for regulating transmission to implement the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the same Article or to take necessary measures for improving the methods of regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.
総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、登録送信適正化機関が第十八条の規定に違反していると認めるときは、その登録送信適正化機関に対し、同条の規定による特定電子メール等送信適正化業務を行うべきこと又は特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の方法の改善に関し必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
Article 25Rescission of Registration
第二十五条（登録の取消し等）
The Minister and the Prime Minister may rescind the registration or order the suspension in whole or in part of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. for a specified period, if a registered agency for regulating transmission falls under any of the following items:
総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、登録送信適正化機関が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その登録を取り消し、又は期間を定めて特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。
when an agency becomes applicable to Article 15 item (i) or item (iii);
when an agency violates the provisions of Article 19 through Article 21, Article 22 paragraph (1) or the following Article;
第十九条から第二十一条まで、第二十二条第一項又は次条の規定に違反したとき。
when an agency rejects the request pursuant to the provisions of each item of Article 22 paragraph (2) without reasonable grounds;
正当な理由がないのに第二十二条第二項各号の規定による請求を拒んだとき。
when an agency violates the order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles;
前二条の規定による命令に違反したとき。
when an agency obtains the registration under Article 14 paragraph (1) by wrongful means.
不正の手段により第十四条第一項の登録を受けたとき。
Article 26Maintenance of Record Book
第二十六条（帳簿の記載）
A registered agency for regulating transmission must, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order, prepare and maintain a record book, on which matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Cabinet Office Order related to the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. are entered.
登録送信適正化機関は、総務省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、帳簿を備え、特定電子メール等送信適正化業務に関し総務省令・内閣府令で定める事項を記載し、これを保存しなければならない。
第二十七条（公示）
The Minister and the Prime Minister must, in the following cases, issue a public notice to that effect in the Official Gazette:
総務大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、次に掲げる場合には、その旨を官報に公示しなければならない。
when registering an agency under Article 14 paragraph (1);
第十四条第一項の登録をしたとき。
when receiving a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19;
第十九条の規定による届出があったとき。
when receiving a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 21;
第二十一条の規定による届出があったとき。
when pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, rescinding a registration of Article 14 paragraph (1), or ordering the suspension of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc.
第二十五条の規定により第十四条第一項の登録を取り消し、又は特定電子メール等送信適正化業務の停止を命じたとき。