# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4301-80`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-4301-80
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-4301-80
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## 附　則 平成三〇年七月二七日法律第八〇号
<sup>suppl-4301-80 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-4301-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-4301-80</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4301-80/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-4301-80/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-4301-80/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 3 years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一及び二**  略
  <sup>suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第十一章、第二百三十五条、第二百三十九条第一項（第四十四号に係る部分に限る。）、第二百四十三条第一項（第四号（第二百三十九条第一項第四十四号に係る部分に限る。）に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項並びに第二百五十一条並びに附則第五条、第七条から第十条まで、第十二条、第十四条（特定複合観光施設区域の整備の推進に関する法律第十九条第二項の改正規定に限る。）、第十五条及び第十六条の規定　公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-4301-80/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the provisions of Chapter XI, Article 235, Article 239, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerning item (xliv)), Article 243, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerning item (iv) (limited to the part concerning Article 239, paragraph (1), item (xliv))) and paragraph (3), and Article 251, and Article 5, Articles 7 through 10, Article 12, Article 14 (limited to the provision amending Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act on Promotion of Development of Specified Integrated Resort Districts), Article 15, and Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch personal-information-protection-act-20261010T184447-002, translated 2026-10-11
- 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