# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百四十六条 (Article 146) - 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: 第百四十六条 (Article 146)（報告及び立入検査） — address `art-146` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四十六条（報告及び立入検査） — (Reports and On-Site Inspections) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146 **第一項** 委員会は、第四章（第五節を除く。次条及び第百五十一条において同じ。）の規定の施行に必要な限度において、個人情報取扱事業者、仮名加工情報取扱事業者、匿名加工情報取扱事業者又は個人関連情報取扱事業者（以下この款において「個人情報取扱事業者等」という。）その他の関係者に対し、個人情報、仮名加工情報、匿名加工情報又は個人関連情報（以下この款及び第三款において「個人情報等」という。）の取扱いに関し、必要な報告若しくは資料の提出を求め、又はその職員に、当該個人情報取扱事業者等その他の関係者の事務所その他必要な場所に立ち入らせ、個人情報等の取扱いに関し質問させ、若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146/par-1 The Commission may require a business handling personal information, a business handling pseudonymized personal information, a business handling anonymized personal information, a business handling information related to personal information (hereinafter referred to as a "business handling personal or other related information" in this Subsection), or other concerned person to submit necessary information or material relating to the handling of personal information, pseudonymized personal information, anonymized personal information, or information related to personal information (hereinafter referred to as "personal or other related information" in this Subsection and Subsection 3), or have its officials enter a business office or other necessary place of a business handling personal or other related information or other concerned person, inquire about the handling of personal or other related information, or inspect a book, document, or other item, to the extent necessary to implement the provisions of Chapter IV (excluding Section 5; the same applies in the following Article and Article 151). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により立入検査をする職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があったときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146/par-2 An official who conducts an on-site inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry a certificate for identification, and present it when requested by a person concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146/par-3 An on-site inspection authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as granted for a criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-146/par-1: 次条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四十七条 (Article 147), art-147 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-147 - art-146/par-1: 第百五十一条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十一条 (Article 151), art-151 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-151 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-151 - art-146/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四十六条第一項 (Article 146, paragraph (1)), art-146/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146/par-1 - art-146/par-3: 第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四十六条第一項 (Article 146, paragraph (1)), art-146/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146/par-1 ## 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 第百四十六条第二項（報告及び立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四十六条第三項（報告及び立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-146/par-3 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百四十九条第一項（委員会の権限の行使の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-149/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十条第一項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-150/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十一条第一項（送達すべき書類） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-161/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百八十二条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-182/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-182/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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