# 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 / Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications — 第十三条 (Article 13)

- Law: 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 (Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications), 平成十三年法律第百三十七号
- English title "Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications": claude-opus-5-5
- 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（発信者情報開示命令の申立ての取下げ） — address `art-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13
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### 第十三条（発信者情報開示命令の申立ての取下げ） — (Withdrawal of Petition for Sender Identification Information Disclosure Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  発信者情報開示命令の申立ては、当該申立てについての決定が確定するまで、その全部又は一部を取り下げることができる。ただし、当該申立ての取下げは、次に掲げる決定がされた後にあっては、相手方の同意を得なければ、その効力を生じない。
<sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-1</sup>
A petition for a sender identification information disclosure order may be withdrawn in whole or in part before a decision on the petition becomes final and binding; provided that, after any of the following decisions is made, withdrawal of the petition is invalid without the consent of the opposite party:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A petition for a sender identification information disclosure order may be withdrawn in whole or in part before a decision on the petition becomes final and binding; provided that, after the following decisions is made, or withdrawal of the petition is invalid without the consent of the opposite party:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb</sup>

  **一**  当該申立てについての決定
  <sup>art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a decision on the petition;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  当該申立てに係る発信者情報開示命令事件を本案とする第十五条第一項の規定による命令
  <sup>art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-1/item-2</sup>
  an order under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) where the case of a sender identification information disclosure order pertaining to the petition is the primary matter.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  発信者情報開示命令の申立ての取下げがあった場合において、前項ただし書の規定により当該申立ての取下げについて相手方の同意を要するときは、裁判所は、相手方に対し、当該申立ての取下げがあったことを通知しなければならない。ただし、当該申立ての取下げが発信者情報開示命令事件の手続の期日において口頭でされた場合において、相手方がその期日に出頭したときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-2</sup>
In the case that a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order is withdrawn, if the opposite party's consent is required for the withdrawal of the petition pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the court must notify the opposite party of the withdrawal of the petition; provided that, this does not apply if the petition is withdrawn orally on the date for proceedings of the case of the sender identification information disclosure order and if the opposite party appears on the required date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  前項本文の規定による通知を受けた日から二週間以内に相手方が異議を述べないときは、当該通知に係る申立ての取下げに同意したものとみなす。同項ただし書の規定による場合において、当該申立ての取下げがあった日から二週間以内に相手方が異議を述べないときも、同様とする。
<sup>art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-3</sup>
If the opposite party does not state an objection within two weeks from the day on which that party receives a notice pursuant to the provisions in the main text of the preceding paragraph, the opposite party is deemed to have consented to the withdrawal of the petition under the formal notice. The same applies in the case prescribed in the proviso to the relevant paragraph if the opposite party does not state an objection within two weeks from the day on which the petition is withdrawn.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-13/par-1/item-2: 第十五条第一項 → 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-15/par-1
- art-13/par-2: 前項 → 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-1
- art-13/par-3: 前項 → 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 第十三条第二項（発信者情報開示命令の申立ての取下げ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-2
- 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 第十三条第三項（発信者情報開示命令の申立ての取下げ） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-13/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-10-12
- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-12
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000137/20260717_508AC1000000058), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Measures against Infringement of Rights, etc. Arising from the Distribution of Information through Specified Telecommunications (特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律), Article 13, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 特定電気通信による情報の流通によって発生する権利侵害等への対処に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
