# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第十四条 (Article 14)

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- Law: 公益通報者保護法 (Whistleblower Protection Act), 平成十六年法律第百二十二号
- English title "Whistleblower Protection Act": 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: 第十四条 (Article 14)（教示） — address `art-14`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-14
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-14
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### 第十四条（教示） — (Information)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項の公益通報が誤って当該公益通報に係る通報対象事実について処分又は勧告等をする権限を有しない行政機関に対してされたときは、当該行政機関は、当該公益通報者に対し、当該公益通報に係る通報対象事実について処分又は勧告等をする権限を有する行政機関を教示しなければならない。
<sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-14/par-1</sup>
If a whistleblowing referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is erroneously conducted to an administrative body that does not have the authority to impose a disposition or make a recommendation or other act regarding the reportable fact subject to the whistleblowing, the administrative body must inform the whistleblower of the administrative body that has the authority to impose a disposition or make a recommendation or other act regarding that reportable fact.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-14/par-1: 前条第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 公益通報者保護法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20260717_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-10-26
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Whistleblower Protection Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5109/tb), retrieved 2026-10-26
- This site's parser, version 218 — 公益通報者保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-26