# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百五十九条 (Article 159)

- 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: 第百五十九条 (Article 159)（勧告に基づいてとった措置についての報告の要求） — address `art-159`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-159
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-159
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### 第百五十九条（勧告に基づいてとった措置についての報告の要求） — (Requests for Reports on Measures Taken Based on Recommendations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-159</sup>

    **第一項**  委員会は、前条の規定により行政機関の長等に対し勧告をしたときは、当該行政機関の長等に対し、その勧告に基づいてとった措置について報告を求めることができる。
    <sup>art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-159/par-1</sup>
    When the Commission gives recommendations to an administrative organ's head or administrative entity pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the Commission may request that head or entity to report on measures that they have taken based on the recommendations.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-159/par-1: 前条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十八条 (Article 158), art-158 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-158 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-158

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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