# 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 — 第四条 (Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（公職の候補者等に係る特例） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4 - 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). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四条（公職の候補者等に係る特例） — (Special Provisions for Candidates for Public Office) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4 **第一項** 前条第二項の場合のほか、特定電気通信役務提供者は、特定電気通信による情報（選挙運動の期間中に頒布された文書図画に係る情報に限る。以下この条において同じ。）の送信を防止する措置を講じた場合において、当該措置により送信を防止された情報の発信者に生じた損害については、当該措置が当該情報の不特定の者に対する送信を防止するために必要な限度において行われたものである場合であって、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、賠償の責めに任じない。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if a specified telecommunications service provider takes measures to prevent transmission of certain information through specified telecommunications (limited to information on documents and drawings disseminated during an election campaign period; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the specified telecommunications service provider will not be liable for any damages incurred by the sender of the information that was prevented from transmission by the measures, so far as those measures are taken to the extent necessary for preventing transmission of that information to unspecified persons and fall under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 特定電気通信による情報であって、選挙運動のために使用し、又は当選を得させないための活動に使用する文書図画（以下この条において「特定文書図画」という。）に係るものの流通によって自己の名誉を侵害されたとする公職の候補者等（公職の候補者又は候補者届出政党（公職選挙法（昭和二十五年法律第百号）第八十六条第一項又は第八項の規定による届出をした政党その他の政治団体をいう。）若しくは衆議院名簿届出政党等（同法第八十六条の二第一項の規定による届出をした政党その他の政治団体をいう。）若しくは参議院名簿届出政党等（同法第八十六条の三第一項の規定による届出をした政党その他の政治団体をいう。）をいう。次号において同じ。）から、当該名誉を侵害したとする情報（以下この条において「名誉侵害情報」という。）、名誉が侵害された旨、名誉が侵害されたとする理由及び当該名誉侵害情報が特定文書図画に係るものである旨（以下この条において「名誉侵害情報等」という。）を示して当該特定電気通信役務提供者に対し名誉侵害情報の送信を防止する措置（以下この条において「名誉侵害情報送信防止措置」という。）を講ずるよう申出があった場合に、当該特定電気通信役務提供者が、当該名誉侵害情報の発信者に対し当該名誉侵害情報等を示して当該名誉侵害情報送信防止措置を講ずることに同意するかどうかを照会した場合において、当該発信者が当該照会を受けた日から二日を経過しても当該発信者から当該名誉侵害情報送信防止措置を講ずることに同意しない旨の申出がなかったとき。 art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1/item-1 if a candidate, etc. for public office (meaning a candidate for public office, or political parties or other political organizations that has filed a candidate application pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) or (8) of the Public Offices Election Act (Act No. 100 of 1950)), a party, etc. that has filed lists of candidates for the House of Representatives (meaning political parties or other political organizations that have made a notification under the provisions of Article 86-2, paragraph (1) of that Act), or a party, etc. that have filed lists of candidates for the House of Councilors (meaning political parties or other political organizations that have made a notification under the provisions of Article 86-3, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in the next item) alleging that such candidate's or party's reputation was damaged by the information distributed through specified telecommunications, that was related to documents and drawings used for election campaigns or that was used for activities to prevent the candidate, etc. from being elected (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "specific documents and drawings") files a petition that the specified telecommunications service provider takes measures to prevent the information impinge on the reputation of the candidate, etc. (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "defamatory information") from being transmitted (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "measures for preventing transmission of defamatory information") by indicating the defamatory information, the fact that the reputation was damaged, the reason for alleging that the reputation of the candidate, etc. has been damaged, and the fact that the defamatory information is related to the specific documents and drawings (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "defamatory information, etc."), the specified telecommunications service provider indicates that defamatory information etc. to the sender of the defamatory information and inquires whether it consents to taking measures for preventing transmission of the defamatory information, and the specified telecommunications service provider does not receive any notice from the sender indicating that the sender does not consent to taking the measures for preventing transmission of defamatory information after two days have passed from the day the sender received the inquiry; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "if a candidate, etc. for public office (meaning a candidate for public office, or political parties or other political organizations that has filed a candidate application pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) or (8) of the Public Offices Election Act (Act No. 100 of 1950)), a party, etc. that has filed lists of candidates for the House of Representatives (meaning political parties or other political organizations that have made a notification under the provisions of Article 86-2, paragraph (1) of the that Act), or a party, etc. that have filed lists of candidates for the House of Councilors (meaning political parties or other political organizations that have made a notification under the provisions of Article 86-3, paragraph (1) of the that Act; the same applies hereinafter in the next item) alleging that such candidate's or party's reputation was damaged by the information distributed through specified telecommunications, that was related to documents and drawings used for election campaigns or that was used for activities to prevent the candidate, etc. from being elected (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "specific documents and drawings") files a petition that the specified telecommunications service provider takes measures to prevent the information impinge on the reputation of the candidate, etc. (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "defamatory information") from being transmitted (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "measures for preventing transmission of defamatory information") by indicating the fact that the reputation was damaged, the reason for alleging that the reputation of the candidate, etc. has been damaged, and the fact that the defamatory information is related to the specific documents and drawings (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "defamatory information, etc."), the specified telecommunications service provider indicates that defamatory information etc. to the sender of the defamatory information and inquires whether it consents to taking measures for preventing transmission of the defamatory information, and the specified telecommunications service provider does not receive any notice from the sender indicating that the sender does not consent to taking the measures for preventing transmission of defamatory information after two days have passed from the day the sender received the inquiry;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb **二** 特定電気通信による情報であって、特定文書図画に係るものの流通によって自己の名誉を侵害されたとする公職の候補者等から、名誉侵害情報等及び名誉侵害情報の発信者の電子メールアドレス等（公職選挙法第百四十二条の三第三項に規定する電子メールアドレス等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）が同項又は同法第百四十二条の五第一項の規定に違反して表示されていない旨を示して当該特定電気通信役務提供者に対し名誉侵害情報送信防止措置を講ずるよう申出があった場合であって、当該情報の発信者の電子メールアドレス等が当該情報に係る特定電気通信の受信をする者が使用する通信端末機器（入出力装置を含む。）の映像面に正しく表示されていないとき。 art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1/item-2 if a candidate, etc. for public office alleges that the candidate's reputation is damaged due to the dissemination of information through specified telecommunications of which information was related to specific documents and drawings, by indicating the defamatory information, etc. and the fact that the electronic mail address, etc. (meaning the electronic mail address, etc. specified in Article 142-3, paragraph (3) of the Public Offices Election Act; the same applies hereinafter in this item) of the sender of the defamatory information is not displayed in violation of the same paragraph or Article 142-5, paragraph (1) of the same Act, and requests that the specified telecommunications service provider takes measures for preventing transmission of defamatory information, but the electronic mail address, etc. of the sender of the defamatory information is not displayed correctly on the screen of the communications terminal equipment (including input-output devices) used by the person receiving the specified telecommunications related to the information. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1: 前条第二項 → 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 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-3/par-2 - art-4/par-1: この条 → 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 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4 - art-4/par-1/item-1: この条 → 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 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4 - art-4/par-1/item-1: 公職選挙法（昭和二十五年法律第百号）第八十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第八十六条第一項 (Article 86, paragraph (1)), art-86/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-1: 第八項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第八十六条第八項 (Article 86, paragraph (8)), art-86/par-8 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-1: 同法第八十六条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第八十六条の二第一項 (Article 86-2, paragraph (1)), art-86-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-1: 同法第八十六条の三第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第八十六条の三第一項 (Article 86-3, paragraph (1)), art-86-3/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 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 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1/item-2 - art-4/par-1/item-2: 公職選挙法第百四十二条の三第三項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第百四十二条の三第三項 (Article 142-3, paragraph (3)), art-142-3/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-4/par-1/item-2: この号 → 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 第四条第一項第二号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1/item-2 - art-4/par-1/item-2: 同法第百四十二条の五第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第百四十二条の五第一項 (Article 142-5, paragraph (1)), art-142-5/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第四条第一項（公職の候補者等に係る特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1 - 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 第四条第一項第一号（公職の候補者等に係る特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1/item-1 - 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 第四条第一項第二号（公職の候補者等に係る特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/information-distribution-platform-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-4/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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 4, paragraph (1), item (i) — 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