# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act

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- 平成二十一年法律第五十号 · Act
- English title "Consumer Safety Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act
- Permanent URL: https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050
- 86 articles in the main text, 8 articles in the 附則 (supplementary provisions).

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One provision as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/art-1

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## 本則 (the main text)

- 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions · art-1 to art-5 · 33 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-1
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第二章　基本方針 — Chapter II Basic Policy · art-6 to art-7 · 17 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-2
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第三章　消費生活相談等 — Chapter III Consumer Affairs Consultations · art-8 to art-11-26 · 168 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-3 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-3
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第八条から第十条の四まで — Articles 8 to 10-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-3/from-art-8
  - 第十一条から第十一条の十二まで — Articles 11 to 11-12 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-3/from-art-11
  - 第十一条の十三から第十一条の二十六まで — Articles 11-13 to 11-26 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-3/from-art-11-13
- 第四章　消費者事故等に関する情報の集約等 — Chapter IV Consolidation of Information about Actual and Potential Consumer-Related Incidents · art-12 to art-14 · 22 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-4
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第五章　消費者安全調査委員会による消費者事故等の調査等 — Chapter V Investigation of Actual and Potential Consumer-Related Incidents by the Consumer Safety Investigation Commission · art-15 to art-37 · 98 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-5 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-5
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第十五条から第二十四条まで — Articles 15 to 24 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-5/from-art-15
  - 第二十五条から第三十七条まで — Articles 25 to 37 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-5/from-art-25
- 第六章　消費者被害の発生又は拡大の防止のための措置 — Chapter VI Measures to Prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing · art-38 to art-45 · 36 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-6 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-6
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第七章　雑則 — Chapter VII Miscellaneous Provisions · art-46 to art-50 · 12 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-7 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-7
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第八章　罰則 — Chapter VIII Penal Provisions · art-51 to art-57 · 29 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-8 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/ch-8
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 附則・別表・様式 (supplementary provisions, appended tables and forms)

- 附　則 · 4 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4211-50 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4211-50
- 附　則 平成二四年九月五日法律第七七号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4241-77 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4241-77
- 附　則 平成二六年六月一三日法律第七一号 · 15 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-4261-71
- 附　則 令和四年六月一七日法律第六八号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-5041-68 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/suppl-5041-68

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Consumer Safety Act, written 2026-11-02
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費者安全法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000050/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-01
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act (消費者安全法), Chapter 3, Section 1 — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01
- This site's parser, version 219 — 消費者安全法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01