# Act No. 58 of 2026: Act Partially Amending the Public Offices Election Act and the Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications

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Every law on japanlaw.org that Act No. 58 of 2026 amends, and when each change takes effect; promulgated 17 July 2026.

- Number: 令和八年法律第五十八号 (令和8年法律第58号), Act No. 58 of 2026
- Title: Act Partially Amending the Public Offices Election Act and the Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications (公職選挙法及び特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律の一部を改正する法律)
- Promulgated: 17 July 2026
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/acts/508AC1000000058
- Changes to Japanese law, by date: https://japanlaw.org/en/changes (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/changes)

## Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications (特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律)

https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act

- 17 July 2026: In force. The law in force: https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act; in Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/information-distribution-platform-act
- 1 March 2027: Not yet in force. 6 provisions changed · 4 provisions added · 2 provisions in the supplementary provisions. What it changes: https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/amendments/20270301_508AC1000000058; the law as amended, in Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/information-distribution-platform-act/amendments/20270301_508AC1000000058/text

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending law: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000137)
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