# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

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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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（他の行政機関等による調査等の結果の評価等） — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24
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### 第二十四条（他の行政機関等による調査等の結果の評価等） — (Evaluation of the Results of an Investigation or Monitoring by Another Administrative Organ or Entity)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24</sup>

  **第一項**  調査委員会は、生命身体事故等が発生した場合において、生命身体被害の発生又は拡大の防止を図るため当該生命身体事故等に係る事故等原因を究明することが必要であると認める場合において、前条第一項ただし書に規定する他の行政機関等による調査等の結果を得たときは、その評価を行うものとする。
  <sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-1</sup>
  If an Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm has occurred and the Investigation Commission finds it to be necessary to clarify the Cause or Source of an Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm in order to prevent instances of bodily harm from occurring or increasing, it must Evaluate the results of any Investigation or Monitoring by Another Administrative Organ or Entity as provided in the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, once these results have been obtained.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  調査委員会は、前項の評価の結果、消費者安全の確保の見地から必要があると認めるときは、当該他の行政機関等による調査等に関する事務を所掌する行政機関の長に対し、当該生命身体事故等に係る事故等原因の究明に関し意見を述べることができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-2</sup>
  If, as a result of the Evaluation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Investigation Commission finds it necessary to do so with a view to Ensuring Consumer Safety, it may state its opinion to the head of the administrative organ in charge of the administrative processes involved in the Investigation or Monitoring by the Other Administrative Organ or Entity, with regard to its clarification of the Cause or Source of the Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If, as a result of the Evaluation referred to in preceding paragraph, the Investigation Commission finds it necessary to do so with a view to Ensuring Consumer Safety, it may state its opinion to the head of the administrative organ in charge of the administrative processes involved in the Investigation or Monitoring by the Other Administrative Organ or Entity, with regard to its clarification of the Cause or Source of the Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb</sup>

  **第三項**  調査委員会は、第一項の評価の結果、更に調査委員会が消費者安全の確保の見地から当該生命身体事故等に係る事故等原因を究明するために調査を行う必要があると認めるときは、事故等原因調査を行うものとする。
  <sup>art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-3</sup>
  If, as a result of the Evaluation referred to in paragraph (1), the Investigation Commission finds it necessary to implement an investigation in order to clarify the Cause or Source of an Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm with a view to Ensuring Consumer Safety, the Investigation Commission is to Investigate the Cause or Source of that actual or potential accident.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第一項の他の行政機関等による調査等に関する事務を所掌する行政機関の長は、当該他の行政機関等による調査等に関して調査委員会の意見を聴くことができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-4</sup>
  The head of an administrative organ in charge of the administrative processes involved in the Investigation or Monitoring by Another Administrative Organ or Entity referred to in paragraph (1) may hear the Investigation Commission's opinions with regard to the Investigation or Monitoring by the Other Administrative Organ or Entity.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24/par-1: 前条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-23/par-1
- art-24/par-2: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-3: 第一項 → 消費者安全法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-4: 第一項 → 消費者安全法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 消費者安全法 第二十四条第二項（他の行政機関等による調査等の結果の評価等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-2
- 消費者安全法 第二十四条第三項（他の行政機関等による調査等の結果の評価等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-3
- 消費者安全法 第二十四条第四項（他の行政機関等による調査等の結果の評価等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-24/par-4

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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), Article 24, paragraph (2) — 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
