# National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会, こっかこうあんいいんかい) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/national-public-safety-commission. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Institutions, offices and documents - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/national-public-safety-commission - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/national-public-safety-commission - Written by: AI, 2026-09-29 A commission placed under the Prime Minister's jurisdiction by the Police Act (警察法) (Police Act, Article 4, paragraph (1)), made up of a chairperson, who is a Minister of State (国務大臣), and five members (Article 4, paragraph (2), and Article 6, paragraph (1)). The Prime Minister appoints the members, with the consent of both Houses of the Diet, from people who have not been career public officials doing police or prosecution work in the five years before their appointment; where that consent cannot be obtained because the Diet is closed or the House of Representatives dissolved, the Prime Minister may appoint first and seek both Houses' approval afterwards (Article 7, paragraphs (1) to (3)). The National Police Agency (警察庁) is placed under it, and it administers that Agency in the matters Article 5, paragraph (4) lists (Article 5, paragraph (4), and Article 15). Where an Act, a Cabinet Order (政令) or an Order of the Cabinet Office (内閣府令) specially delegates a matter to it, it may make National Public Safety Commission Rules (国家公安委員会規則) (Article 12). Under the Secondhand Goods Business Act, it sets the standard a secondhand goods auction intermediary's methods must meet to be certified as helping prevent the sale of stolen goods and find them quickly, and it receives reports from the prefectural Public Safety Commissions (Secondhand Goods Business Act, Article 21-5, paragraph (1), and Article 27, paragraph (1)). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Police Act, Arts. 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000162) - [Secondhand Goods Business Act, Arts. 21-5, 27](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000108) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act ## Where the laws use it 10 laws in force use it in this sense, in 37 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Road Traffic Act (道路交通法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act): 22 provisions, among them [Article 51-6](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-51-6), [Article 75-29](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-75-29), [Article 95-5](https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-95-5) - [Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds (犯罪による収益の移転防止に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act): 6 provisions, among them [Article 3](https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-3), [Article 8](https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-8), [Article 13](https://japanlaw.org/en/criminal-proceeds-act/art-13) - [Secondhand Goods Business Act (古物営業法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act): 2 provisions, among them [Article 21-5](https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-21-5), [Article 27](https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/art-27) - [Act on Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access (不正アクセス行為の禁止等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/unauthorized-computer-access-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 10](https://japanlaw.org/en/unauthorized-computer-access-act/art-10) - [Unfair Competition Prevention Act (不正競争防止法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 35](https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/art-35) - [Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報の保護に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 152](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-152) - [Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 2-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-2-4) - [Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則)](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation): 1 provision, among them [Article 55](https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55) - [Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (次世代育成支援対策推進法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 22](https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-22) - [Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims (配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 2-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-2-2) ## Related - [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act) - [Cabinet Order (政令, せいれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet-order) - [The Diet (国会, こっかい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/diet) - [House of Representatives (衆議院, しゅうぎいん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/house-of-representatives) - [The Cabinet (内閣, ないかく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet) - [Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣, ないかくそうりだいじん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prime-minister) - [Minister of State (国務大臣, こくむだいじん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/minister-of-state) - [Prefectural Public Safety Commission (都道府県公安委員会, とどうふけんこうあんいいんかい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prefectural-public-safety-commission) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (2026-09-29) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (9 records) - English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI