# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27. 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（内閣総理大臣の援助） — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27 - 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. --- ### 第二十七条（内閣総理大臣の援助） — (Assistance by the Prime Minister) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27 **第一項** 調査委員会は、事故等原因調査を行うために必要があると認めるときは、内閣総理大臣に対し、生命身体事故等についての事実の調査又は物件の収集の援助その他の必要な援助を求めることができる。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-1 If the Investigation Commission finds it necessary to do so in order for it to Investigate the Cause or Source of an actual or potential accident, it may ask the Prime Minister to assist it with fact finding, to assist it with collecting materials, or to provide it with any other assistance it needs in connection with an Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による援助を求められた場合において、必要があると認めるときは、その職員に第二十三条第二項第二号に掲げる処分をさせることができる。 art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-2 If the Prime Minister finds it necessary to do so after being asked to provide assistance under provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may have the relevant officials take the administrative measures set forth in Article 23, paragraph (2), item (ii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、生命身体事故等が発生したことを知った場合において、必要があると認めるときは、生命身体事故等についての事実の調査、物件の収集その他の調査委員会が事故等原因調査を円滑に開始することができるための適切な措置をとらなければならない。 art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-3 If the Prime Minister finds it necessary to do so after learning of the occurrence of an Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm, the Prime Minister must engage in fact finding, collect materials, or take any other appropriate measures in connection with an Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm so that the Investigation Commission can commence an Investigation into the Cause or Source thereof smoothly. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による措置をとるため必要があると認めるときは、その職員に第二十三条第二項各号に掲げる処分をさせることができる。 art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-4 If the Prime Minister finds it necessary to do so in order to take a measure under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may have the relevant officials take an administrative measure set forth in one of the items of Article 23, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二十三条第四項及び第五項の規定は、第二項又は前項の規定により職員が処分をする場合について準用する。 art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-5 The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis if an official takes an administrative measure pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-2: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-1 - art-27/par-2: 第二十三条第二項第二号 → 消費者安全法 第二十三条第二項第二号 (Article 23, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-23/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-23/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-23/par-2/item-2 - art-27/par-4: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-3 - art-27/par-4: 第二十三条第二項 → 消費者安全法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-23/par-2 - art-27/par-5: 第二十三条第四項 → 消費者安全法 第二十三条第四項 (Article 23, paragraph (4)), art-23/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-23/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-23/par-4 - art-27/par-5: 第五項 → 消費者安全法 第二十三条第五項 (Article 23, paragraph (5)), art-23/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-23/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-23/par-5 - art-27/par-5: 第二項 → 消費者安全法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-2 - art-27/par-5: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第二十七条第四項 (Article 27, paragraph (4)), art-27/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-4 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 消費者安全法 第二十七条第二項（内閣総理大臣の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-2 - 消費者安全法 第二十七条第四項（内閣総理大臣の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-4 - 消費者安全法 第二十七条第五項（内閣総理大臣の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-27/par-5 - 消費者安全法 第三十七条第一項（不利益取扱いの禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-37/par-1 - 消費者安全法 第五十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-55/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-55/par-1/item-1 - 消費者安全法 第五十五条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-55/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-55/par-1/item-2 - 消費者安全法 第五十五条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-55/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-55/par-1/item-3 - 消費者安全法 第五十五条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-55/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-55/par-1/item-4 - 消費者安全法 第五十五条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-55/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-55/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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