Article 76 — Act on the Protection of Personal Information — japanlaw

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Article 76Right to Request Disclosure

第七十六条（開示請求権）

Any person may request that an administrative organ's head or administrative entity disclose personal information by which that person is identifiable and that is held by the administrative entity to which the head or entity in question belongs, pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

何人も、この法律の定めるところにより、行政機関の長等に対し、当該行政機関の長等の属する行政機関等の保有する自己を本人とする保有個人情報の開示を請求することができる。

A legal representative of a minor or adult ward, or an agent privately appointed by the identifiable person (hereinafter collectively referred to as an "agent" in this Section) may make a request for disclosure (hereinafter referred to as a "request for disclosure" in this Section and Article 127) provided in the preceding paragraph on behalf of that person.

未成年者若しくは成年被後見人の法定代理人又は本人の委任による代理人（以下この節において「代理人」と総称する。）は、本人に代わって前項の規定による開示の請求（以下この節及び第百二十七条において「開示請求」という。）をすることができる。

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identifiable person
本人（ほんにん）
The particular individual whom a given piece of personal information identifies.
個人情報によって識別される特定の個人
Article 2, paragraph (4)See it in the glossary
administrative entity
行政機関等（ぎょうせいきかんとう）
Administrative organs (行政機関); organs of local governments (地方公共団体の機関), other than their assemblies; incorporated administrative agencies or other prescribed corporations (独立行政法人等), other than the corporations listed in Appended Table 2 (別表第二); and local incorporated administrative agencies (地方独立行政法人), other than those whose main purpose is research (試験研究) or whose purpose is running universities or colleges of technology or a hospital business (病院事業), as Article 21 of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act describes that work.
次に掲げる機関
Article 2, paragraph (11)See it in the glossary
personal information the administrative entity holds
保有個人情報（ほゆうこじんじょうほう）
In Chapters V and VIII, personal information that an employee of an administrative entity (行政機関等) — including, for an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation (独立行政法人等) or a local incorporated administrative agency (地方独立行政法人), an officer — has prepared or obtained in the course of their duties and that the entity holds for its employees' organizational use, limited to information recorded in administrative or similar documents (行政文書等).
行政機関等の職員（独立行政法人等及び地方独立行政法人にあっては、その役員を含む。以下この章及び第八章において同じ。）が職務上作成し、又は取得した個人情報であって、当該行政機関等の職員が組織的に利用するものとして、当該行政機関等が保有しているもの
Article 60, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
administrative organ's head or administrative entity
行政機関の長等（ぎょうせいきかんのちょうとう）
In Chapters V and VI, the head of an administrative organ (行政機関) — or, for an organ that a Cabinet Order (政令) names under Article 2, paragraph (8), item (iv) or (v), the person a Cabinet Order sets for it — an organ of a local government (地方公共団体の機関) other than its assembly, an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation (独立行政法人等) other than those listed in Appended Table 2 (別表第二), or a local incorporated administrative agency (地方独立行政法人) other than those that Article 2, paragraph (11), item (iv) leaves out.
Article 63, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
agent
代理人（だいりにん）
In Section 4 of Chapter V, the legal representative (法定代理人) of a minor or of an adult ward (成年被後見人), or an agent appointed by the identifiable person (本人), acting for that person in a request for disclosure, correction or ceasing to use personal information.
Article 76, paragraph (2)See it in the glossary
request for disclosure
開示請求（かいじせいきゅう）
In Section 4 of Chapter V and Article 127, a request under Article 76, paragraph (1) to an administrative organ's head or administrative entity (行政機関の長等) to disclose personal information about oneself that its administrative entity holds (保有個人情報).
Article 76, paragraph (2)See it in the glossary

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