# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百五条 (Article 105)

- Law: 個人情報の保護に関する法律 (Act on the Protection of Personal Information), 平成十五年法律第五十七号
- English title "Act on the Protection of Personal Information": 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: 第百五条 (Article 105)（審査会への諮問） — address `art-105`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105
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### 第百五条（審査会への諮問） — (Consultation with the Review Board)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105</sup>

    **第一項**  開示決定等、訂正決定等、利用停止決定等又は開示請求、訂正請求若しくは利用停止請求に係る不作為について審査請求があったときは、当該審査請求に対する裁決をすべき行政機関の長等は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、情報公開・個人情報保護審査会（審査請求に対する裁決をすべき行政機関の長等が会計検査院長である場合にあっては、別に法律で定める審査会）に諮問しなければならない。
    <sup>art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-1</sup>
    Except in the cases that fall under any of the following items, when an appeal for review is filed for any inaction related to a decision on disclosure, a decisions on correction, or a decision on ceasing to use personal information, or related to a request for disclosure, a request for correction, or a request for ceasing to use personal information, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity that is expected to make a determination on that appeal for review must consult the Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board (or with a review board separately provided for by law, if the administrative organ's head or administrative entity that is expected to make a determination on the appeal is the President of the Board of Audit):
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  審査請求が不適法であり、却下する場合
      <sup>art-105/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-1/item-1</sup>
      if the appeal for review is unlawful and is to be dismissed;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  裁決で、審査請求の全部を認容し、当該審査請求に係る保有個人情報の全部を開示することとする場合（当該保有個人情報の開示について反対意見書が提出されている場合を除く。）
      <sup>art-105/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-1/item-2</sup>
      if the whole appeal for review is upheld, and it is determined that all of the personal information the administrative entity holds that is subject to the appeal is to be disclosed (excluding cases in which a written opposition opinion has been submitted for the disclosure of the personal information the administrative entity holds);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  裁決で、審査請求の全部を認容し、当該審査請求に係る保有個人情報の訂正をすることとする場合
      <sup>art-105/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-1/item-3</sup>
      if it is determined that the whole appeal for review is upheld and corrections to the personal information the administrative entity holds that is subject to the appeal are made;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  裁決で、審査請求の全部を認容し、当該審査請求に係る保有個人情報の利用停止をすることとする場合
      <sup>art-105/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-1/item-4</sup>
      if it is determined that the whole appeal for review is accepted and the use of the personal information the administrative entity holds that is subject the appeal is to cease.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定により諮問をした行政機関の長等は、次に掲げる者に対し、諮問をした旨を通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2</sup>
    An administrative organ's head or administrative entity that has made a consultation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must notify the following persons to that effect:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  審査請求人及び参加人（行政不服審査法第十三条第四項に規定する参加人をいう。以下この項及び第百七条第一項第二号において同じ。）
      <sup>art-105/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2/item-1</sup>
      an appellant and an intervenor (meaning an intervenor as prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (4) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 107, paragraph (1), item (ii));
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  開示請求者、訂正請求者又は利用停止請求者（これらの者が審査請求人又は参加人である場合を除く。）
      <sup>art-105/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2/item-2</sup>
      a person requesting disclosure, a person requesting correction, or a person making a request for ceasing to use personal information (excluding cases in which that person is an appellant or an intervenor);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  当該審査請求に係る保有個人情報の開示について反対意見書を提出した第三者（当該第三者が審査請求人又は参加人である場合を除く。）
      <sup>art-105/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2/item-3</sup>
      a third party that has submitted a written opposition opinion regarding a disclosure of personal information an administrative entity holds that is subject to the appeal for review (excluding cases in which that third party is an appellant or an intervenor).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  前二項の規定は、地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人について準用する。この場合において、第一項中「情報公開・個人情報保護審査会（審査請求に対する裁決をすべき行政機関の長等が会計検査院長である場合にあっては、別に法律で定める審査会）」とあるのは、「行政不服審査法第八十一条第一項又は第二項の機関」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-105/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-3</sup>
    The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to a local government organ or a local incorporated administrative agency. In this case, the phrase "Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board (or with a review board separately provided for by law, if the administrative organ's head or administrative entity that is expected to make a determination on the appeal is the President of the Board of Audit" in paragraph (1) is replaced with "organ referred to in Article 81, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act".
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-105/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第一項 (Article 105, paragraph (1)), art-105/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-1
- art-105/par-2/item-1: 行政不服審査法第十三条第四項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第十三条第四項 (Article 13, paragraph (4)), art-13/par-4 — not held in this collection
- art-105/par-2/item-1: この項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2
- art-105/par-2/item-1: 第百七条第一項第二号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七条第一項第二号 (Article 107, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-107/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-107/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-107/par-1/item-2
- art-105/par-3: 前二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第一項 (Article 105, paragraph (1)), art-105/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-1
- art-105/par-3: 前二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2
- art-105/par-3: 行政不服審査法第八十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-105/par-3: 第二項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十六条第一項（第三者に対する意見書提出の機会の付与等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-86/par-1
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十六条第三項（第三者に対する意見書提出の機会の付与等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-86/par-3
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四条第一項（審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-104/par-1
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第二項（審査会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第二項第一号（審査会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-2/item-1
- 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五条第三項（審査会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-105/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-105/par-3

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Protection of Personal Information — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
- This site's parser, version 190 — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10