# 住民基本台帳法 / Residential Basic Book Act — 第四十三条 (Article 43)

- Law: 住民基本台帳法 (Residential Basic Book Act), 昭和四十二年法律第八十一号
- English title "Residential Basic Book Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第四十三条 (Article 43) — address `art-43`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43
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### 第四十三条
<sup>art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1</sup>
A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第三十条の三十八第五項の規定による命令に違反した者
  <sup>art-43/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-1</sup>
  A person who has violated an order under Article 30-38, paragraph (5)
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  次に掲げる者であつて、その事務に関して知り得た事項を自己又は第三者の不正な利益を図る目的で提供し、又は盗用したもの
  <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2</sup>
  A person listed below who has provided or misappropriated matters learned in connection with that person's affairs for the purpose of securing an improper benefit for the person or a third party:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ**  住民基本台帳又は戸籍の附票に関する事務に従事する市町村の職員又は職員であつた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
    An employee of a municipality who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the basic resident register or a family register supplement
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ロ**  市町村長の委託（二以上の段階にわたる委託を含む。）を受けて行う住民基本台帳又は戸籍の附票に関する事務の処理に従事している者又は従事していた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
    A person who is or was engaged in the processing of affairs concerning the basic resident register or a family register supplement, carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from the mayor of a municipality
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ハ**  第三十条の六第一項の規定による通知に係る本人確認情報又は第三十条の四十一第一項の規定による通知に係る附票本人確認情報の電子計算機処理等に関する事務に従事する都道府県の職員又は職員であつた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-3</sup>
    An employee of a prefecture who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), or family register supplement identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-41, paragraph (1)
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ニ**  都道府県知事の委託（二以上の段階にわたる委託を含む。）を受けて行う第三十条の六第一項の規定による通知に係る本人確認情報又は第三十条の四十一第一項の規定による通知に係る附票本人確認情報の電子計算機処理等に関する事務に従事している者又は従事していた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-4</sup>
    A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), or family register supplement identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-41, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from the prefectural governor
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ホ**  本人確認情報又は附票本人確認情報の電子計算機処理等に関する事務に従事する機構の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-5</sup>
    An officer or employee of the Agency who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information or family register supplement identity confirmation information, or a person who held such a position
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ヘ**  機構の委託（二以上の段階にわたる委託を含む。）を受けて行う第三十条の七第一項の規定による通知に係る本人確認情報又は第三十条の四十二第一項の規定による通知に係る附票本人確認情報の電子計算機処理等に関する事務に従事している者又は従事していた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-6</sup>
    A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), or family register supplement identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-42, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from the Agency
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ト**  受領した本人確認情報等又は受領した附票本人確認情報等の電子計算機処理等に関する事務に従事する受領者又は第三十条の四十四の十三において準用する第三十条の二十八第一項に規定する附票情報受領者（チにおいて「附票情報受領者」という。）の職員又は職員であつた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-7</sup>
    An employee of a recipient, or of a recipient of family register supplement information prescribed in Article 30-28, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-13 (referred to as "recipient of family register supplement information" in (h)), who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc., or received family register supplement identity confirmation information, etc.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **チ**  受領者又は附票情報受領者の委託（二以上の段階にわたる委託を含む。）を受けて行う受領した本人確認情報等又は第三十条の四十四の十三において準用する第三十条の二十八第一項に規定する受領した附票本人確認情報等の電子計算機処理等に関する事務に従事している者又は従事していた者
    <sup>art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-8</sup>
    A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc., or received family register supplement identity confirmation information, etc. prescribed in Article 30-28, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30-44-13, carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more stages) from a recipient or a recipient of family register supplement information
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-43/par-1/item-1: 第三十条の三十八第五項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の三十八第五項 (Article 30-38, paragraph (5)), art-30-38/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-38/par-5
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 第三十条の六第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の六第一項 (Article 30-6, paragraph (1)), art-30-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-6/par-1
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-3: 第三十条の四十一第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十一第一項 (Article 30-41, paragraph (1)), art-30-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-41/par-1
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-4: 第三十条の六第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の六第一項 (Article 30-6, paragraph (1)), art-30-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-6/par-1
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-4: 第三十条の四十一第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十一第一項 (Article 30-41, paragraph (1)), art-30-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-41/par-1
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-6: 第三十条の七第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の七第一項 (Article 30-7, paragraph (1)), art-30-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-7/par-1
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-6: 第三十条の四十二第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十二第一項 (Article 30-42, paragraph (1)), art-30-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-42/par-1
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-7: 第三十条の四十四の十三 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十四の十三 (Article 30-44-13), art-30-44-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-44-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-44-13
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-7: 第三十条の二十八第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の二十八第一項 (Article 30-28, paragraph (1)), art-30-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-28/par-1
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-8: 第三十条の四十四の十三 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十四の十三 (Article 30-44-13), art-30-44-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-44-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-44-13
- art-43/par-1/item-2/sub-8: 第三十条の二十八第一項 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の二十八第一項 (Article 30-28, paragraph (1)), art-30-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-28/par-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 住民基本台帳法 第四十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-48/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第四十九条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-49-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-49-2/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 附則第四条第十二項（住民基本台帳法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/suppl-5011-16/art-4/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/suppl-5011-16/art-4/par-12

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 住民基本台帳法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000081/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 住民基本台帳法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/883), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260923T191243-019, translated 2026-09-24
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260924T085530-001, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 211 — 住民基本台帳法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05