# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38. 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（消費者への注意喚起等） — address `art-38` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十八条（消費者への注意喚起等） — Consumer Alerts, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、第十二条第一項若しくは第二項又は第二十九条第一項若しくは第二項の規定による通知を受けた場合その他消費者事故等の発生に関する情報を得た場合において、当該消費者事故等による被害の拡大又は当該消費者事故等と同種若しくは類似の消費者事故等の発生（以下「消費者被害の発生又は拡大」という。）の防止を図るため消費者の注意を喚起する必要があると認めるときは、当該消費者事故等の態様、当該消費者事故等による被害の状況その他の消費者被害の発生又は拡大の防止に資する情報を都道府県及び市町村に提供するとともに、これを公表するものとする。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-1 If, having been notified pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or having been otherwise informed of the occurrence of an Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, the Prime Minister finds it necessary to alert Consumers in order to prevent instances of harm from Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incidents from increasing or in order to prevent the same or a similar type of Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident from occurring (hereinafter referred to as preventing "Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing"), the Prime Minister is to provide the prefectural and municipal governments with information about the form of the Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, the extent of harm from the Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, and other information to help prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing, and is to disclose this information to the public. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If, having been notified pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (1) or paragraph(2) or having been otherwise informed of the occurrence of an Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, the Prime Minister finds it necessary to alert Consumers in order to prevent instances of harm from Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incidents from increasing or in order to prevent the same or a similar type of Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident from occurring (hereinafter referred to as preventing "Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing"), the Prime Minister is to provide the prefectural and municipal governments with information about the form of the Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, the extent of harm from the Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, and other information to help prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing, and is to disclose this information to the public." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、第十二条第一項若しくは第二項又は第二十九条第一項若しくは第二項の規定による通知を受けた場合その他消費者事故等の発生に関する情報を得た場合において、消費者被害の発生又は拡大の防止を図るために相当であると認めるときは、関係行政機関の長等に対し、消費者被害の発生又は拡大の防止に資する情報を提供することができる。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-2 If, having been notified pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or having been otherwise informed of the occurrence of an Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, the Prime Minister finds it to be appropriate to do so in order to prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing, the Prime Minister may provide the Head of the Relevant Administrative Organ with information to help prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If, having been notified pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or having been otherwise informed of the occurrence of an Actual or Potential Consumer-Related Incident, the Prime Minister finds it to be appropriate to do so in order to prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing, the Prime Minister may provide the Heads of the Relevant Administrative Organs with information to help prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、第一項の規定による公表をした場合においては、独立行政法人国民生活センター法（平成十四年法律第百二十三号）第四十四条第一項の規定によるほか、国民生活センターに対し、第一項の消費者被害の発生又は拡大の防止に資する情報の消費者に対する提供に関し必要な措置をとることを求めることができる。 art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-3 If the Prime Minister discloses information to the public pursuant to paragraph (1), beyond asking that measures be taken pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Act on the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 123 of 2002), the Prime Minister may ask the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan to take the necessary measures to provide Consumers with the information to help prevent Instances of Harm to Consumers from Occurring or Increasing which is referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 独立行政法人国民生活センター法第四十四条第二項の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。 art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-4 The provisions of Article 44, paragraph (2) of the Act on the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan, Independent Administrative Agency apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-1: 第十二条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-12/par-1 - art-38/par-1: 第二項 → 消費者安全法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-12/par-2 - art-38/par-1: 第二十九条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-29/par-1 - art-38/par-1: 第二項 → 消費者安全法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-29/par-2 - art-38/par-2: 第十二条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-12/par-1 - art-38/par-2: 第二項 → 消費者安全法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-12/par-2 - art-38/par-2: 第二十九条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-29/par-1 - art-38/par-2: 第二項 → 消費者安全法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-29/par-2 - art-38/par-3: 第一項 → 消費者安全法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-3: 独立行政法人国民生活センター法（平成十四年法律第百二十三号）第四十四条第一項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000123, 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-38/par-4: 独立行政法人国民生活センター法第四十四条第二項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000123, 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-38/par-4: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 消費者安全法 第十四条第一項（資料の提供要求等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-14/par-1 - 消費者安全法 第三十八条第三項（消費者への注意喚起等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-3 - 消費者安全法 第三十八条第四項（消費者への注意喚起等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-38/par-4 --- ## 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 38, paragraph (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 (消費者安全法), Article 38, 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch consumer-safety-act-20261101T192903-001, translated 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 219 — 消費者安全法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01