# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第七十六条 (Article 76) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-76. 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: 食品衛生法 (Food Sanitation Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二百三十三号 - English title "Food Sanitation 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: 第七十六条 (Article 76) — address `art-76` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-76 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-76 - 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. --- ### 第七十六条 art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-76 **第一項** 第四十八条第八項、第五十五条、第五十六条第二項（第五十七条第二項において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）、第五十七条第一項、第五十八条、第五十九条、第六十条第一項、第六十一条及び第六十九条中「都道府県知事」とあるのは、保健所を設置する市又は特別区にあつては、「市長」又は「区長」とする。ただし、政令で定める営業に関する政令で定める処分については、この限りでない。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-76/par-1 The term "prefectural governor" in Article 48, paragraph (8), Article 55, Article 56, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 57, paragraph (2) following the deemed replacement of terms), Article 57, paragraph (1), Article 58, Article 59, Article 60, paragraph (1), Article 61, and Article 69 is deemed to be replaced with "mayor" for cities with public health centers and "ward mayor" for special wards; provided, however, that this does not apply to dispositions on business specified by Cabinet Order which are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-76/par-1: 第四十八条第八項 → 食品衛生法 第四十八条第八項 (Article 48, paragraph (8)), art-48/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-8 - art-76/par-1: 第五十五条 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55 - art-76/par-1: 第五十六条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-56/par-2 - art-76/par-1: 第五十七条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十七条第二項 (Article 57, paragraph (2)), art-57/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-2 - art-76/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-1 - art-76/par-1: 第五十八条 → 食品衛生法 第五十八条 (Article 58), art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-58 - art-76/par-1: 第五十九条 → 食品衛生法 第五十九条 (Article 59), art-59 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59 - art-76/par-1: 第六十条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60/par-1 - art-76/par-1: 第六十一条 → 食品衛生法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-61 - art-76/par-1: 第六十九条 → 食品衛生法 第六十九条 (Article 69), art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-69 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第七十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-77/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第八十一条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1/item-3 - 食品衛生法 第八十三条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 食品衛生法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000233/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02