# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百三十五条 (Article 135) - 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: 第百三十五条 (Article 135)（任期等） — address `art-135` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135 - 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. --- ### 第百三十五条（任期等） — (Term of Office) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-135 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135 **第一項** 委員長及び委員の任期は、五年とする。ただし、補欠の委員長又は委員の任期は、前任者の残任期間とする。 art-135/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-1 The term of office for a chairperson or commissioner is to be five years; provided, however, that the term of office of a chairperson or commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy is to be the remaining term of office of the predecessor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 委員長及び委員は、再任されることができる。 art-135/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-2 A chairperson or commissioner may be reappointed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 委員長及び委員の任期が満了したときは、当該委員長及び委員は、後任者が任命されるまで引き続きその職務を行うものとする。 art-135/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-3 When the term of office for a chairperson or commissioner has expired, the chairperson or commissioner is to continue to fulfil their duties until their successor is appointed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 委員長又は委員の任期が満了し、又は欠員を生じた場合において、国会の閉会又は衆議院の解散のために両議院の同意を得ることができないときは、内閣総理大臣は、前条第三項の規定にかかわらず、同項に定める資格を有する者のうちから、委員長又は委員を任命することができる。 art-135/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, if the term of office of a chairperson or commissioner has expired or a vacancy has occurred, but the consent of both Houses of the Diet is not able to be obtained due to the closing of the Diet or the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister may appoint a chairperson or commissioner from among those who have those qualifications prescribed in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の場合においては、任命後最初の国会において両議院の事後の承認を得なければならない。この場合において、両議院の事後の承認が得られないときは、内閣総理大臣は、直ちに、その委員長又は委員を罷免しなければならない。 art-135/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-5 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, subsequent approval by both Houses of the Diet must be obtained in the first Diet session after the appointment. In this case, if the subsequent approval by both Houses of the Diet is not able to be obtained, the Prime Minister must immediately dismiss the chairperson or commissioner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-135/par-4: 前条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百三十四条第三項 (Article 134, paragraph (3)), art-134/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-134/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-134/par-3 - art-135/par-5: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百三十五条第四項 (Article 135, paragraph (4)), art-135/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-4 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百三十五条第五項（任期等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-5 --- ## 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