①Within the limit necessary for the enforcement of this Act, the Minister or the Prime Minister may order a sender or an entrusting party of specified electronic mail, etc. to report on the state of transmission thereof, or delegate ministerial employee to enter the office of the sender or the entrusting party to inspect record books, documents and other objects.

②Within the limit necessary for ensuring proper operations of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc., the Minister and the Prime Minister may order a registered agency for regulating transmission to report on the state of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc. or of its assets, or delegate ministerial employee to enter the office of the registered agency for regulating transmission to inspect the state of the services for regulating transmission of specified electronic mail, etc., or record books, documents and other objects.

③Any ministerial employee who conducts on-site inspection in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs must carry an identification card and show it to persons concerned.

④The authority of on-site inspection under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) must not be construed as being legitimate for the purpose of criminal investigations.

⑤When a minister set forth in either of the following items has exercised the authority under the provisions of paragraph (1) alone, that minister is to promptly notify the minister specified in that item of the results:

Within the limit necessary for the enforcement of this Act, the Minister may request, from a telecommunications carrier or any other person that has granted a right to use an electronic mail address or characters, numerical characters, marks, and other codes for identifying telecommunications facilities (limited to those displayed on the screen of the communications terminal used by the person who receives specified electronic mail, etc. or those used for sending or receiving specified electronic mail, etc., which relate to the sender), the provision of information necessary for identifying the person to whom that right has been granted, such as that person's name and address.

①The Minister may carry out, for a foreign authority that enforces foreign laws and regulations equivalent to this Act (hereinafter referred to as a "foreign enforcement authority" in this Article), the provision of information that the Minister finds will contribute to the performance of its duties (limited to duties equivalent to the duties specified in this Act; the same applies in the following paragraph).

②With regard to the provision of information under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that the information is not used for any purpose other than the performance of the duties of the foreign enforcement authority, and that it is not used, without the consent under the provisions of the following paragraph, for the investigation of a foreign criminal case (limited to an investigation conducted after the facts of the crime subject to it have been identified) or for a trial (referred to as an "investigation, etc." in that paragraph).

③When a request has been made by a foreign enforcement authority, the Minister may, except in the case where any of the following items applies, consent to the use of information provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) for the investigation, etc. of the foreign criminal case pertaining to the request:

④When the Minister gives the consent referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister must obtain in advance the confirmation of the Minister of Justice that the case does not fall under item (i) or (ii) of that paragraph, and the confirmation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the case does not fall under item (iii) of that paragraph, respectively.

①The Prime Minister delegates the authority under the provisions of this Act (excluding that specified by Cabinet Order) to the Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency.

②As specified in Cabinet Order, part of the administrative work under the authority of the Minister stipulated in this Act and under the authority delegated to the Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be conducted by prefectural governors.

When orders are established, amended or abolished in accordance with the provisions of this Act, necessary transitional measures (including those concerning penal provisions) may be stipulated in those orders to such extent as determined to be reasonably necessary in establishing, amending or abolishing those orders.