# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第九条 (Article 9)

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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: 第九条 (Article 9)（国及び国民生活センターの援助） — address `art-9`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-9
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### 第九条（国及び国民生活センターの援助） — (Assistance by the National Government and the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-9</sup>

  **第一項**  国及び国民生活センターは、都道府県及び市町村に対し、第八条第一項各号及び第二項各号に掲げる事務の実施に関し、情報の提供、当該事務に従事する人材に対する研修その他の必要な援助を行うものとする。
  <sup>art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-9/par-1</sup>
  The national government and the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan are to provide the prefectural and municipal governments with information, train staff to engage in the relevant administrative processes, and give other necessary assistance for implementing the administrative processes set forth in the items of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 8.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-9/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-8/par-1
- art-9/par-1: 第二項 → 消費者安全法 第八条第二項 (Article 8, paragraph (2)), art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumer-safety-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-8/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