# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第十一条の七 (Article 11-7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7. 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: 第十一条の七 (Article 11-7)（消費生活協力団体及び消費生活協力員） — address `art-11-7` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7 - 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. --- ### 第十一条の七（消費生活協力団体及び消費生活協力員） — (Consumer Affairs Support Groups and Consumer Affairs Supporters) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-11-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7 **第一項** 地方公共団体の長は、消費者の利益の擁護又は増進を図るための活動を行う民間の団体又は個人のうちから、消費生活協力団体又は消費生活協力員を委嘱することができる。 art-11-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-1 The heads of local governments may appoint consumer affairs support groups or consumer affairs supporters from private-sector entities or individuals that conduct activities for protecting or enhancing the interests of a Consumer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 消費生活協力団体及び消費生活協力員は、次に掲げる活動を行う。 art-11-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2 Consumer affairs support groups and consumer affairs supporters are to carry out the following activities: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 消費者安全の確保に関し住民の理解を深めること。 art-11-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-1 to deepen local residents' understanding for Ensuring Consumer Safety; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 消費者安全の確保のための活動を行う住民に対し、当該活動に関する情報の提供その他の協力をすること。 art-11-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-2 to provide local residents who engage in activities for Ensuring Consumer Safety with information on the activities and other cooperation to the residents; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 消費者安全の確保のために必要な情報を地方公共団体に提供することその他国又は地方公共団体が行う施策に必要な協力をすること。 art-11-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-3 to provide local governments with necessary information for Ensuring Consumer Safety and necessary cooperation to the measures implemented by the national or local governments; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、地域における消費者安全の確保のための活動であって、内閣府令で定めるものを行うこと。 art-11-7/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-4 beyond what is provided for in the preceding three items, to conduct activities for Ensuring Consumer Safety in each region provided by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 地方公共団体の長は、消費生活協力団体及び消費生活協力員に対し、前項各号に掲げる活動に資するよう、研修の実施その他の必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-11-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-3 The heads of local governments must endeavor to hold training and take other necessary measures so that consumer affairs support groups and consumer affairs supporters will contribute to the activities set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The heads of local governments must endeavor to hold training and take other necessary measures so that consumer affairs support groups and consumer affairs supporters will contribute to the activities set forth in the items of preceding paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb --- ## Cites - art-11-7/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の七第二項第一号 (Article 11-7, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-11-7/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-1 - art-11-7/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の七第二項第二号 (Article 11-7, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-11-7/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-2 - art-11-7/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の七第二項第三号 (Article 11-7, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-11-7/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-3 - art-11-7/par-3: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第十一条の七第二項 (Article 11-7, paragraph (2)), art-11-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 不当景品類及び不当表示防止法 第三十四条第二項（差止請求権等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/premiums-and-representations-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000134/art-34/par-2 - 消費者安全法 第四条第五項（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-4/par-5 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の三第二項（消費者安全確保地域協議会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-3/par-2 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の七第二項第四号（消費生活協力団体及び消費生活協力員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-2/item-4 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の七第三項（消費生活協力団体及び消費生活協力員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-7/par-3 - 消費者安全法 第十一条の八第一項（秘密保持義務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-11-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-11-8/par-1 - 特定商取引に関する法律 第五十八条の二十六第一項（適格消費者団体への情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-58-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000057/art-58-26/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Consumer Safety Act, written 2026-11-02 - 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 (消費者安全法), Article 11-7, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), 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