# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百八十五条 (Article 185)

- 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: 第百八十五条 (Article 185) — address `art-185`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-185
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-185
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### 第百八十五条
<sup>art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-185</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。
<sup>art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-185/par-1</sup>
A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第三十条第二項（第三十一条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第五十六条の規定に違反した者
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-185/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-185/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who has violated the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31, paragraph (3)) or Article 56;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第五十一条第一項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-185/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-185/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who has failed to submit a notification or submitted a false notification under Article 51, paragraph (1);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  偽りその他不正の手段により、第八十五条第三項に規定する開示決定に基づく保有個人情報の開示を受けた者
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-185/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-185/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person who has had personal information an administrative entity holds disclosed based on a decision to disclose as prescribed in Article 85, paragraph (3) by deception or other wrongful means.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-185/par-1/item-1: 第三十条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-30/par-2
- art-185/par-1/item-1: 第三十一条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-31/par-3
- art-185/par-1/item-1: 第五十六条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十六条 (Article 56), art-56 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-56
- art-185/par-1/item-2: 第五十一条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-51/par-1
- art-185/par-1/item-3: 第八十五条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第八十五条第三項 (Article 85, paragraph (3)), art-85/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-85/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-85/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