# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第六十二条 (Article 62) - 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: 第六十二条 (Article 62)（利用目的の明示） — address `art-62` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-62 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-62 - 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. --- ### 第六十二条（利用目的の明示） — (Clear Indication of the Purpose of Use) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-62 **第一項** 行政機関等は、本人から直接書面（電磁的記録を含む。）に記録された当該本人の個人情報を取得するときは、次に掲げる場合を除き、あらかじめ、本人に対し、その利用目的を明示しなければならない。 art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-62/par-1 Before an administrative entity directly acquires personal information on an identifiable person that is recorded in a document (including an electronic or magnetic record), the administrative entity must clearly indicate the purpose of use to that person, except in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 人の生命、身体又は財産の保護のために緊急に必要があるとき。 art-62/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-62/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-62/par-1/item-1 cases in which there is an urgent need to protect the life, wellbeing or property of an individual; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 利用目的を本人に明示することにより、本人又は第三者の生命、身体、財産その他の権利利益を害するおそれがあるとき。 art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-62/par-1/item-2 cases in which indicating the purpose of use to the identifiable person clearly is likely to cause harm to the life, wellbeing, property, or other rights or interests of the identifiable person or a third party; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 利用目的を本人に明示することにより、国の機関、独立行政法人等、地方公共団体又は地方独立行政法人が行う事務又は事業の適正な遂行に支障を及ぼすおそれがあるとき。 art-62/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-62/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-62/par-1/item-3 cases in which indicating the purpose of use to the identifiable person clearly is likely to hinder the proper execution of the process or service of a national government organ, incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, local government, or local incorporated administrative agency; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 取得の状況からみて利用目的が明らかであると認められるとき。 art-62/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-62/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-62/par-1/item-4 cases in which the purpose of use is found to be clear in light of the circumstances of the acquisition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## 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 第八十二条第一項（開示請求に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-82/par-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