# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第二十八条 (Article 28) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28. 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: 第二十八条 (Article 28)（事故等原因調査等の申出） — address `art-28` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28 - 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. --- ### 第二十八条（事故等原因調査等の申出） — (Filing for an Investigation or Evaluation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28 **第一項** 何人も、生命身体被害の発生又は拡大の防止を図るために事故等原因調査等が必要であると思料するときは、調査委員会に対し、その旨を申し出て、事故等原因調査等を行うよう求めることができる。この場合においては、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該申出に係る生命身体事故等の内容及びこれに対する事故等原因調査等の必要性その他内閣府令で定める事項を記載した書面を添えなければならない。 art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-1 Any person that considers an Investigation or Evaluation to be necessary in order to prevent instances of bodily harm from occurring or increasing may submit a filing asserting this to the Investigation Commission and ask it to implement an Investigation or Evaluation. To do so, the person must include a document that gives the details of the Actual or Potential Accident Involving Bodily Harm to which the filing pertains, details the necessity of the Investigation or Evaluation, and gives the particulars provided by Cabinet Office Order, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 調査委員会は、前項の規定による申出があったときは、必要な検討を行い、その結果に基づき必要があると認めるときは、事故等原因調査等を行わなければならない。 art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-2 Having received a filing under the preceding paragraph, the Investigation Commission must make the necessary reviews and implement an Investigation or Evaluation if it finds this necessary based on the results thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 被害者又は被害者が死亡した場合若しくはその心身に重大な故障がある場合におけるその配偶者、直系の親族若しくは兄弟姉妹（以下この項において「被害者等」という。）が第一項の規定により申出をした場合において、当該申出が、自ら負傷若しくは疾病を被り、又は配偶者、直系の親族若しくは兄弟姉妹が死亡し若しくは負傷若しくは疾病を被った第二条第七項第一号に掲げる事故に該当するものに係るものであるときは、調査委員会は、事故等原因調査等を行うこととしたときはその旨を、行わないこととしたときはその旨及びその理由を、速やかに、当該被害者等に通知しなければならない。 art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-3 If the victim submits a filing pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), or if the victim has died or suffers from a serious physical or mental disorder and the victim's spouse, lineal relative, or sibling (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Victim or Family Member" in this paragraph) submits a filing pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), and the filing relates to an accident as set forth in Article 2, paragraph (7), item (i) in which the filer has personally sustained an injury or contracted an illness or in which the filer's spouse, lineal relative, or sibling has died, sustained an injury, or contracted an illness, the Investigation Commission must notify the Victim or Family Member promptly if it decides to implement the Investigation or Evaluation; and if it decides not to implement an Investigation or Evaluation, it must notify the Victim or Family Member of this promptly, giving the reason therefor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-28/par-2: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-1 - art-28/par-3: この項 → 消費者安全法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-3 - art-28/par-3: 第一項 → 消費者安全法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-1 - art-28/par-3: 第二条第七項第一号 → 消費者安全法 第二条第七項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (7), item (i)), art-2/par-7/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-2/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-2/par-7/item-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 消費者安全法 第二十八条第二項（事故等原因調査等の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-2 - 消費者安全法 第二十八条第三項（事故等原因調査等の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-28/par-3 - 消費者安全法 第二十九条第一項（申出を受けた場合における通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-29/par-1 - 消費者安全法 第二十九条第二項（申出を受けた場合における通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-29/par-2 - 消費者安全法 第二十九条第三項（申出を受けた場合における通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-29/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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