# 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 / Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications — 第十一条 (Article 11)

- Law: 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 (Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications), 平成十三年法律第百三十七号
- English title "Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications": claude-opus-5-5
- 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: 第十一条 (Article 11)（発信者情報開示命令の申立書の写しの送付等） — address `art-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-11
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-11
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第十一条（発信者情報開示命令の申立書の写しの送付等） — (Delivery of Copy of Petition for Sender Identification Information Disclosure Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  裁判所は、発信者情報開示命令の申立てがあった場合には、当該申立てが不適法であるとき又は当該申立てに理由がないことが明らかなときを除き、当該発信者情報開示命令の申立書の写しを相手方に送付しなければならない。
<sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-11/par-1</sup>
When a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order is filed with a court, the court must deliver to the opposite party a copy of the petition for the sender identification information disclosure order unless the petition is unlawful or unless the relevant petition is clearly groundless.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  非訟事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十一号）第四十三条第四項から第六項までの規定は、発信者情報開示命令の申立書の写しを送付することができない場合（当該申立書の写しの送付に必要な費用を予納しない場合を含む。）について準用する。
<sup>art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-11/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 43, paragraphs (4) through (6) of the Non-Contentious Case Procedures Act (Act No. 51 of 2011) apply mutatis mutandis to a case where a copy of the petition for a sender identification information disclosure order may not be delivered (including if expenses required for the delivery of a copy of the relevant petition are not prepaid).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  裁判所は、発信者情報開示命令の申立てについての決定をする場合には、当事者の陳述を聴かなければならない。ただし、不適法又は理由がないことが明らかであるとして当該申立てを却下する決定をするときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-11/par-3</sup>
Before rendering a decision on a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order, the court must hear the parties' statements; provided that, this does not apply when the court renders a decision to dismiss the petition, finding that it is unlawful or clearly groundless.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Before rendering a decision on a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order, the court must hear the party's statements; provided that, this does not apply when the court renders a decision to dismiss the petition, finding that it is unlawful or clearly groundless." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-11/par-2: 非訟事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十一号）第四十三条第四項から第六項まで → e-Gov law 423AC0000000051, 第四十三条第四項 (Article 43, paragraph (4)), art-43/par-4 — not held in this collection

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-10-12
- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-12
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000137/20260717_508AC1000000058), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications (特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律), Article 11, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
