# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-3. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-5021-51/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条 suppl-5021-51/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-3 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、この法律の施行前においても、新法第十一条第四項から第七項までの規定の例により、事業者がとるべき措置に関する指針を定めることができる。 suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1 Even before the enforcement of this Act, the Prime Minister may establish guidelines concerning measures to be taken by business operators, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (4) through (7) of the new Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により定められた指針は、この法律の施行の日において新法第十一条第四項の規定により定められたものとみなす。 suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-2 The guidelines established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are deemed to have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (4) of the new Act on the effective date of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1: 新法第十一条第四項から第七項まで → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第四項 (Article 11, paragraph (4)), art-11/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-4 - suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1: 新法第十一条第四項から第七項まで → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第五項 (Article 11, paragraph (5)), art-11/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-5 - suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1: 新法第十一条第四項から第七項まで → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第六項 (Article 11, paragraph (6)), art-11/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-6 - suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1: 新法第十一条第四項から第七項まで → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第七項 (Article 11, paragraph (7)), art-11/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-7 - suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 公益通報者保護法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-1 - suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-2: 新法第十一条第四項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十一条第四項 (Article 11, paragraph (4)), art-11/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-11/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 公益通報者保護法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-1/par-1 - 公益通報者保護法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-3/par-2 - 公益通報者保護法 附則第四条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-4/par-1 --- ## 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