# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第四十五条 (Article 45)

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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: 第四十五条 (Article 45)（報告、立入調査等） — address `art-45`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-45
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45
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### 第四十五条（報告、立入調査等） — (Reports and On-Site Investigations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、事業者に対し、必要な報告を求め、その職員に、当該事業者の事務所、事業所その他その事業を行う場所に立ち入り、必要な調査若しくは質問をさせ、又は調査に必要な限度において当該事業者の供給する物品を集取させることができる。ただし、物品を集取させるときは、時価によってその対価を支払わなければならない。
<sup>art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45/par-1</sup>
The Prime Minister, within the scope that is necessary for the enforcement of this Act, may ask an Enterprise to make any necessary report, and may have the relevant officials enter the office, place of business, or other place at which an Enterprise does business; have those officials conduct the necessary investigations or ask the necessary questions; or collect objects that an Enterprise supplies within the scope of what is necessary for an investigation; provided, however, that the market value must be paid for any objects the Prime Minister has the officials collect.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第十一条の二十四第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の場合について準用する。
<sup>art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 11-24, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-45/par-2: 第十一条の二十四第二項 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の二十四第二項 (Article 11-24, paragraph (2)), art-11-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-24/par-2
- art-45/par-2: 第三項 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の二十四第三項 (Article 11-24, paragraph (3)), art-11-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-11-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-24/par-3
- art-45/par-2: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 消費者安全法 第四十五条第二項（報告、立入調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45/par-2
- 消費者安全法 第四十七条第一項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-47/par-1
- 消費者安全法 第四十七条第二項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-47/par-2
- 消費者安全法 第五十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-54/par-2

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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
