# 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 — 第三十八条 (Article 38)
- 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38) — address `art-38`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-38
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-38
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### 第三十八条
art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-38
**第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三十万円以下の過料に処する。
art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-38/par-1
A person falling under any of the following items is subject to a civil fine of no more than three hundred thousand yen:
machine translation, not official
**一** 正当な理由がなく、第二十条第三項の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をした者
art-38/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-38/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-38/par-1/item-1
a person who, without justifiable grounds, fails to make a report under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3), or makes a false report;
machine translation, not official
**二** 第二十四条第三項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者
art-38/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-38/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-38/par-1/item-2
a person who fails to make a notification under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3), or makes a false notification.
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## Cites
- art-38/par-1/item-1: 第二十条第三項 → 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 第二十条第三項 (Article 20, paragraph (3)), art-20/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-20/par-3
- art-38/par-1/item-2: 第二十四条第三項 → 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 第二十四条第三項 (Article 24, paragraph (3)), art-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-24/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
- 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