# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第十条の四 (Article 10-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-10-4. 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: 消費者安全法 (Consumer Safety Act), 平成二十一年法律第五十号 - English title "Consumer Safety 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: 第十条の四 (Article 10-4)（指定消費生活相談員） — address `art-10-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-10-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-10-4 - 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. --- ### 第十条の四（指定消費生活相談員） — (Designated Consumer Affairs Consultants) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-10-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-10-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-10-4 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、市町村による消費生活相談の事務の実施に関し援助を行うため、試験に合格し、かつ、内閣府令で定める消費生活相談員としての実務の経験を有する都道府県の消費生活相談員の中から、市町村が行う第八条第二項第一号及び第二号に掲げる事務の実施に関し、同条第一項第一号に規定する助言、協力、情報の提供その他の援助を行う者を指定消費生活相談員として指定するよう努めなければならない。 art-10-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-10-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-10-4/par-1 The prefectural governors must endeavor to select those who can give advice, cooperate, provide information, and offer other assistance as provided in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) for carrying out the administrative processes of municipal governments set forth in Article 8, paragraph (2), items (i) and (ii) from consumer affairs consultants of the prefectural governments who have passed the Exam and possess the practical work experience as consumer affairs consultants provided by Cabinet Office Order, and designate those selected as designated consumer affairs consultants, in order to support municipal governments in conducting administrative processes for consumer affairs consultations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-10-4/par-1: 第八条第二項第一号 → 消費者安全法 第八条第二項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-8/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-8/par-2/item-1 - art-10-4/par-1: 第二号 → 消費者安全法 第八条第二項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-8/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-8/par-2/item-2 - art-10-4/par-1: 同条第一項第一号 → 消費者安全法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-8/par-1/item-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費者安全法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000050/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 消費者安全法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01