# 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 — 第三十七条 (Article 37)

- 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: 第三十七条 (Article 37) — address `art-37`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-37
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-37
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### 第三十七条
<sup>art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-37</sup>

**第一項**  法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-37/par-1</sup>
When a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other staff member of a corporation or an individual, has committed a violation of the provisions set forth in the following items with regard to the business of the corporation or the individual, not only is the offender punished but also the corporation is punished by the fine prescribed in the relevant item, and the individual by the fine prescribed in the respective Articles:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第三十五条又は前条第一号　一億円以下の罰金刑
  <sup>art-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-37/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Article 35 or item (i) of the preceding Article: a fine of not more than one hundred million yen;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  前条第二号　同条の罰金刑
  <sup>art-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-37/par-1/item-2</sup>
  item (ii) of the preceding Article: the fine prescribed in that Article.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-37/par-1/item-1: 第三十五条 → 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 第三十五条 (Article 35), art-35 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-35
- art-37/par-1/item-1: 前条第一号 → 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 第三十六条第一項第一号 (Article 36, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-36/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-36/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-36/par-1/item-1
- art-37/par-1/item-2: 前条第二号 → 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 第三十六条第一項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-36/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-36/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-36/par-1/item-2
- art-37/par-1/item-2: 同条 → 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 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-36

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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
- 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch information-distribution-platform-act-20261011T162317-004, translated 2026-10-12
- 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