# 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-5021-44` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44 - 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. --- ## 附　則 令和二年六月一二日法律第四四号 suppl-5021-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二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。 suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 2 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. machine translation, not official **一** 附則第九条から第十一条までの規定　公布の日 suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Articles 9 through 11 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation; machine translation, not official **二** 第一条中個人情報の保護に関する法律第八十四条を削り、同法第八十三条を同法第八十四条とし、同法第八十二条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第八十五条の改正規定、同法第八十六条の改正規定及び同法第八十七条の改正規定、第二条中行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律第五十七条の改正規定並びに第三条中医療分野の研究開発に資するための匿名加工医療情報に関する法律第四十六条の改正規定、同法第四十六条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第四十八条の改正規定及び同法第四十九条の改正規定並びに附則第八条の規定　公布の日から起算して六月を経過した日 suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 1 deleting Article 84 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, renumbering Article 83 of that Act as Article 84 of that Act, and adding one Article after Article 82 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 85 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 86 of that Act, and the provisions amending Article 87 of that Act; the provisions of Article 2 amending Article 57 of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures; and the provisions of Article 3 amending Article 46 of the Act on Anonymously Processed Medical Information to Contribute to Research and Development in the Medical Field, the provisions adding one Article after Article 46 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 48 of that Act, and the provisions amending Article 49 of that Act, and the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions: the day on which six months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; machine translation, not official **三** 次条及び附則第七条の規定　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 suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-3 the provisions of the following Article and Article 7 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. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（通知等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Notification, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-2 **第一項** 第一条の規定による改正後の個人情報の保護に関する法律（以下「新個人情報保護法」という。）第二十三条第二項の規定により個人データを第三者に提供しようとする者は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前においても、個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるところにより、同項第一号、第四号及び第八号に掲げる事項に相当する事項について、本人に通知するとともに、個人情報保護委員会に届け出ることができる。この場合において、当該通知及び届出は、施行日以後は、同項の規定による通知及び届出とみなす。 suppl-5021-44/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-2/par-1 A person that intends to provide personal data to a third party pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information as amended by Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act on the Protection of Personal Information") may, even before the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the Effective Date"), as provided by Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission, notify the identifiable person of matters equivalent to those set forth in items (i), (iv), and (viii) of that paragraph and file a notification of those matters with the Personal Information Protection Commission. In this case, that notice and notification are deemed, on or after the Effective Date, to be the notice and notification under the provisions of that paragraph. machine translation, not official ### 第三条 suppl-5021-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-3 **第一項** 新個人情報保護法第二十三条第五項第三号に規定する個人データの管理について責任を有する者の住所及び法人にあっては、その代表者の氏名に相当する事項について、施行日前に、本人に通知されているときは、当該通知は、同号の規定により行われたものとみなす。 suppl-5021-44/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-3/par-1 If matters equivalent to the address of the person responsible for managing the personal data and, for a corporation, the name of its representative, as prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (5), item (iii) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information, have been notified to the identifiable person before the Effective Date, that notice is deemed to have been given pursuant to the provisions of that item. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（外国にある第三者への提供に係る情報提供等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Provision of Information, etc. in Connection with Provision to a Third Party in a Foreign Country caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-4 **第一項** 新個人情報保護法第二十四条第二項の規定は、個人情報取扱事業者が施行日以後に同条第一項の規定により本人の同意を得る場合について適用する。 suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-1 The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information apply to cases in which a business handling personal information obtains the consent of the identifiable person pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article on or after the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新個人情報保護法第二十四条第三項の規定は、個人情報取扱事業者が施行日以後に個人データを同項に規定する外国にある第三者に提供した場合について適用する。 suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-2 The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information apply to cases in which a business handling personal information provides personal data, on or after the Effective Date, to a third party in a foreign country prescribed in that paragraph. machine translation, not official ### 第五条（個人関連情報の第三者提供に係る本人の同意等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Consent of the Identifiable Person to the Provision of Information Related to Personal Information to a Third Party, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-5 **第一項** 施行日前になされた本人の個人関連情報の取扱いに関する同意がある場合において、その同意が新個人情報保護法第二十六条の二第一項の規定による個人関連情報の第三者への提供を認める旨の同意に相当するものであるときは、同項第一号の同意があったものとみなす。 suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-1 If there is consent of the identifiable person concerning the handling of information related to personal information that was given before the Effective Date, and that consent is equivalent to consent to the effect of permitting the provision of information related to personal information to a third party under the provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the consent referred to in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to have been given. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新個人情報保護法第二十六条の二第二項において読み替えて準用する新個人情報保護法第二十四条第三項の規定は、個人関連情報取扱事業者が施行日以後に個人関連情報を同項に規定する外国にある第三者に提供した場合について適用する。 suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-2 The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information, as applied mutatis mutandis with the replacement of terms pursuant to Article 26-2, paragraph (2) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information, apply to cases in which a business handling information related to personal information provides information related to personal information, on or after the Effective Date, to a third party in a foreign country prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (3) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information. machine translation, not official ### 第六条（認定個人情報保護団体の対象事業者に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Covered Businesses of Certified Personal Information Protection Organizations caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-6 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に認定個人情報保護団体の構成員である個人情報取扱事業者等については、施行日において新個人情報保護法第五十一条第一項の同意があったものとみなして、同項の規定を適用する。 suppl-5021-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-6/par-1 With regard to a business handling personal or other related information that is actually a member of a certified personal information protection organization at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (1) of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information apply by deeming the consent referred to in that paragraph to have been given on the Effective Date. machine translation, not official ### 第八条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-8 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5021-44/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-8/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第九条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-9 **第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5021-44/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-9/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official ### 第十条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5021-44/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-10 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後三年を目途として、個人情報の保護に関する国際的動向、情報通信技術の進展、それに伴う個人情報を活用した新たな産業の創出及び発展の状況等を勘案し、新個人情報保護法の施行の状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5021-44/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-10/par-1 The government is to, with a target of three years after this Act comes into effect, review the status of enforcement of the New Act on the Protection of Personal Information, taking into consideration the international trends concerning the protection of personal information, the advancement of information and communications technology, the status of the creation and development of new industries utilizing personal information that accompany that advancement, and other such circumstances, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take required measures based on the results of that review. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第九条から第十一条まで → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-5021-44/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-9 - suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第八条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-5021-44/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-8 - suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-3: 次条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5021-44/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-2 - suppl-5021-44/art-2/par-1: 第二十三条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-27/par-2 - suppl-5021-44/art-2/par-1: 同項第一号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第二項第一号 (Article 27, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-27/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-27/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-27/par-2/item-1 - suppl-5021-44/art-2/par-1: 第四号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第二項第四号 (Article 27, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-27/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-27/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-27/par-2/item-4 - suppl-5021-44/art-2/par-1: 第八号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第二項第八号 (Article 27, paragraph (2), item (viii)), art-27/par-2/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-27/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-27/par-2/item-8 - suppl-5021-44/art-3/par-1: 新個人情報保護法第二十三条第五項第三号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第五項第三号 (Article 27, paragraph (5), item (iii)), art-27/par-5/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-27/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-27/par-5/item-3 - suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-1: 新個人情報保護法第二十四条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-28/par-2 - suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-1: 同条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-28/par-1 - suppl-5021-44/art-4/par-2: 新個人情報保護法第二十四条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-28/par-3 - suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-1: 新個人情報保護法第二十六条の二第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-31/par-1 - suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-1: 同項第一号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-31/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-31/par-1/item-1 - suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-2: 新個人情報保護法第二十六条の二第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-31/par-2 - suppl-5021-44/art-5/par-2: 新個人情報保護法第二十四条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-28/par-3 - suppl-5021-44/art-6/par-1: 新個人情報保護法第五十一条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-52/par-1 - suppl-5021-44/art-8/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-1/par-1/item-3 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第八条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5021-44/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5021-44/art-8/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 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch personal-information-protection-act-20261010T184447-002, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch personal-information-protection-act-20261010T184447-003, 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