# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第二十一条 (Article 21)

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- 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: 第二十一条 (Article 21)（委員長） — address `art-21`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-21
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-21
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### 第二十一条（委員長） — (Chairperson)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-21</sup>

  **第一項**  調査委員会に委員長を置き、委員の互選により選任する。
  <sup>art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-21/par-1</sup>
  The Investigation Commission employs a chairperson, whom the members elect from among themselves.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  委員長は、調査委員会の会務を総理し、調査委員会を代表する。
  <sup>art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-21/par-2</sup>
  The chairperson presides over the affairs of the Investigation Commission and represents the Investigation Commission.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  委員長に事故があるときは、あらかじめその指名する委員が、その職務を代理する。
  <sup>art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-21/par-3</sup>
  A member designated by the chairperson in advance acts as a proxy in handling the duties of the chairperson if the chairperson is unable to attend to them.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- 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 — 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