# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第三十九条 (Article 39) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39. 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: 食品衛生法 (Food Sanitation Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二百三十三号 - English title "Food Sanitation 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: 第三十九条 (Article 39) — address `art-39` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十九条 art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39 **第一項** 登録検査機関は、毎事業年度経過後三月以内に、その事業年度の財産目録、貸借対照表及び損益計算書又は収支計算書並びに事業報告書（その作成に代えて電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他の人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。以下この条において同じ。）の作成がされている場合における当該電磁的記録を含む。次項及び第八十九条において「財務諸表等」という。）を作成し、五年間事業所に備えて置かなければならない。 art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-1 A registered conformity assessment body must prepare an inventory of property, balance sheet, and profit and loss statement, or income and expenditure account statement, and business report (including the electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by the human senses which is to be used for information processing by computers; the same applies below in this Article) when electronic or magnetic records are prepared in lieu of those documents; referred to as "financial statements, etc." in the following paragraph and Article 89) for the business year within three months after the end of each business year, and keep them at the office for five years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 受検営業者その他の利害関係人は、登録検査機関の業務時間内は、いつでも、次に掲げる請求をすることができる。ただし、第二号又は第四号の請求をするには、登録検査機関の定めた費用を支払わなければならない。 art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2 A business operator subject to inspections and other interested persons may make the following requests at any time within the business hours of a registered conformity assessment body; provided, however, that when making a request referred to in item (ii) or (iv), they must pay fees specified by the registered conformity assessment body. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 財務諸表等が書面をもつて作成されているときは、当該書面の閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-39/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-1 when financial statements, etc. are prepared as documents, a request to inspect or copy the documents; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号の書面の謄本又は抄本の請求 art-39/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-2 a request for a transcript or an extract of the documents referred to in the preceding item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 財務諸表等が電磁的記録をもつて作成されているときは、当該電磁的記録に記録された事項を厚生労働省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧又は謄写の請求 art-39/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-3 when financial statements, etc. are prepared as electronic or magnetic records, a request to inspect or copy the media that displays the matters recorded on the electronic or magnetic records by the means specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前号の電磁的記録に記録された事項を電磁的方法であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものにより提供することの請求又は当該事項を記載した書面の交付の請求 art-39/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-4 a request for provision of the matters recorded on the electronic or magnetic records referred to in the preceding item by electronic or magnetic means specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or a request for delivery of the documents stating the matters. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-39/par-1: この条 → 食品衛生法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39 - art-39/par-1: 次項 → 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2 - art-39/par-1: 第八十九条 → 食品衛生法 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-89 - art-39/par-2: 第二号 → 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項第二号 (Article 39, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-39/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-2 - art-39/par-2: 第四号 → 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項第四号 (Article 39, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-39/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-4 - art-39/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項第一号 (Article 39, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-39/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-1 - art-39/par-2/item-4: 前号 → 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項第三号 (Article 39, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-39/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第三十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3 - 食品衛生法 第三十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2 - 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-2 - 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2/item-4 - 食品衛生法 第四十三条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-43/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-43/par-1/item-5 - 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第八十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-89/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 食品衛生法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000233/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02