# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百三十条 (Article 130)

- 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: 第百三十条 (Article 130)（設置） — address `art-130`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-130
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-130
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### 第百三十条（設置） — (Establishment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-130</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣府設置法第四十九条第三項の規定に基づいて、個人情報保護委員会（以下「委員会」という。）を置く。
  <sup>art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-130/par-1</sup>
  The Personal Information Protection Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") is to be established based on the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  委員会は、内閣総理大臣の所轄に属する。
  <sup>art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-130/par-2</sup>
  The Commission belongs to the jurisdiction of the Prime Minster.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-130/par-1: 内閣府設置法第四十九条第三項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — not held in this collection

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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