# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第十一条の十七 (Article 11-17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17. 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. - Law: 消費者安全法 (Consumer Safety Act), 平成二十一年法律第五十号 - English title "Consumer Safety Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十一条の十七 (Article 11-17)（財務諸表等の備付け及び閲覧等） — address `art-11-17` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十一条の十七（財務諸表等の備付け及び閲覧等） — (Storage and Browsing of Financial Statements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-11-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17 **第一項** 登録試験機関は、毎事業年度経過後三月以内に、その事業年度の財産目録、貸借対照表及び損益計算書又は収支計算書並びに事業報告書（その作成に代えて電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他の人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であって、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下この条において同じ。）の作成がされている場合における当該電磁的記録を含む。次項及び第五十七条において「財務諸表等」という。）を作成し、五年間、その事務所に備えて置かなければならない。 art-11-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-1 A Registered Testing Organization must produce the list of assets, the balance sheet, and the profit-and-loss statement or the income and expenditure statement and business reports (including electromagnetic records (meaning records used in computer data processing, which are created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is impossible to perceive through the human senses alone; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), if any; referred to as "Financial Statements, etc." in the following paragraph and Article 57) for each fiscal year within three months after the end of the fiscal year, and store Financial Statements, etc. at the office thereof for five years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 試験を受けようとする者その他の利害関係人は、登録試験機関の業務時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号の請求をするには、登録試験機関の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。 art-11-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2 Examinees and other stakeholders may make any of the following requests anytime during the operating hours of a Registered Testing Organization; provided, however, that in order to make the request described in item (ii) or (iv), it is necessary to pay the fees set by the Registered Testing Organization: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 財務諸表等が書面をもって作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-11-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-1 a request for the browsing or copying of Financial Statements, etc. in written format, if any; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号の書面の謄本又は抄本の請求 art-11-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-2 a request for the copies or abridged copies of the written Financial Statements, etc. mentioned in the preceding item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 財務諸表等が電磁的記録をもって作成されているときは、当該電磁的記録に記録された事項を内閣府令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-11-17/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-3 a request for the browsing or copying of the electronic or magnetic records of Financial Statements, etc. displayed by means as provided by Cabinet Office Order, in the case where Financial Statements, etc. have been produced in an electromagnetic format; and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "request for the browsing or copying of the electronic or magnetic records of Financial Statements, etc. displayed by means as provided by Cabinet Office Order, in the case where Financial Statements, etc. have been produced in an electromagnetic format; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb **四** 前号の電磁的記録に記録された事項を電磁的方法（電子情報処理組織を使用する方法その他の情報通信の技術を利用する方法をいう。第十二条第四項において同じ。）であって内閣府令で定めるものにより提供することの請求又は当該事項を記載した書面の交付の請求 art-11-17/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-4 a request for the provision of some particulars of the electronic or magnetic records mentioned in the previous item by electronic or magnetic means (meaning using an electronic data processing system and using other information communications technology; the same applies in Article 12, paragraph (4)) provided by Cabinet Office Order or the issuance of a document including the particulars. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "request for the provision of some particulars of the electronic or magnetic records mentioned in the previous item with by electronic or magnetic means (meaning using an electronic data processing system and using other information communications technology; the same applies to Article 12, paragraph (4)) provided by Cabinet Office Order or the issuance of a document including the particulars." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb --- ## Cites - art-11-17/par-1: この条 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七 (Article 11-17), art-11-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17 - art-11-17/par-1: 次項 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項 (Article 11-17, paragraph (2)), art-11-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2 - art-11-17/par-1: 第五十七条 → 消費者安全法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-57 - art-11-17/par-2: 第二号 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項第二号 (Article 11-17, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-11-17/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-2 - art-11-17/par-2: 第四号 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項第四号 (Article 11-17, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-11-17/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-4 - art-11-17/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項第一号 (Article 11-17, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-11-17/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-1 - art-11-17/par-2/item-4: 前号 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項第三号 (Article 11-17, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-11-17/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-3 - art-11-17/par-2/item-4: 第十二条第四項 → 消費者安全法 第十二条第四項 (Article 12, paragraph (4)), art-12/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-12/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第一項（財務諸表等の備付け及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-1 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項（財務諸表等の備付け及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項第二号（財務諸表等の備付け及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-2 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の十七第二項第四号（財務諸表等の備付け及び閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-17/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-17/par-2/item-4 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の二十二第二項第一号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-22/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-22/par-2/item-1 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の二十二第二項第四号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-22/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-22/par-2/item-4 - 消費者安全法 第五十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-57/par-1 --- ## 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), Article 11-17, paragraph (2), item (iii) — 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 (消費者安全法), Article 11-17, paragraph (2), item (iv) — 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