Article 12Obligations of Persons Engaged in the Activity of Dealing with Whistleblowing
第十二条（公益通報対応業務従事者の義務）
A person who is or was engaged in the activity of dealing with whistleblowing must not divulge any information which comes to the person's knowledge in connection with the activity of dealing with whistleblowing that enables the identification of the whistleblower, without just cause.
公益通報対応業務従事者又は公益通報対応業務従事者であった者は、正当な理由がなく、その公益通報対応業務に関して知り得た事項であって公益通報者を特定させるものを漏らしてはならない。
whistleblower
「公益通報者」
A person who has made a whistleblowing report (公益通報), as Article 2, paragraph (1) defines it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
operations to respond to whistleblowingmachine translation
「公益通報対応業務」
In Article 12, the work of receiving whistleblowing (公益通報) made to the business operator (事業者) or to a person it designated in advance, as Articles 3 and 6 describe it, investigating the reportable fact (通報対象事実) it concerns, and taking the measures needed to correct it.
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 12
person engaged in the operations to respond to whistleblowingmachine translation
「公益通報対応業務従事者」
In Article 12, a person a business operator (事業者) designates under Article 11, paragraph (1) to do its operations to respond to whistleblowing (公益通報対応業務): receiving whistleblowing (公益通報) made to the business operator or to a person it designated in advance, investigating the reportable fact (通報対象事実) it concerns, and taking the measures needed to correct it.
Short name set inArticle 11, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 12