# 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 — 第九条 (Article 9) - 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9 - 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. --- ### 第九条（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction of Courts in Japan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9 **第一項** 裁判所は、発信者情報開示命令の申立てについて、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order if any of the items set forth below is applicable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 人を相手方とする場合において、次のイからハまでのいずれかに該当するとき。 art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-1 if the opposite party is an individual person, when any of the following (a) through (c) is applicable: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 相手方の住所又は居所が日本国内にあるとき。 art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-1 if the opposite party's domicile or residence is in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 相手方の住所及び居所が日本国内にない場合又はその住所及び居所が知れない場合において、当該相手方が申立て前に日本国内に住所を有していたとき（日本国内に最後に住所を有していた後に外国に住所を有していたときを除く。）。 art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-2 if the opposite party's domicile and residence are not in Japan or the relevant party's domicile and residence are unknown, and the opposite party had a domicile in Japan before the petition was filed (unless the party had a domicile in a foreign country after last having a domicile in Japan.) Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "if the opposite party's domicile or residence is in Japan, the relevant party's domicile and residence is unknown, or if the opposite party had resided in Japan before the petition was filed (unless the party has been resided in Japan prior to moving to a foreign country.)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb **ハ** 大使、公使その他外国に在ってその国の裁判権からの免除を享有する日本人を相手方とするとき。 art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-1/sub-3 if the opposite party is an ambassador, minister, or any other Japanese national in a foreign country who enjoy immunity from the jurisdiction of that country. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 法人その他の社団又は財団を相手方とする場合において、次のイ又はロのいずれかに該当するとき。 art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-2 if the opposite party is a corporation or any other association or foundation, when either of the following (a) or (b) is applicable: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 相手方の主たる事務所又は営業所が日本国内にあるとき。 art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-1 if the opposite party's principal office or business office is located in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 相手方の主たる事務所又は営業所が日本国内にない場合において、次の（１）又は（２）のいずれかに該当するとき。 art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2 if the opposite party's principal office or business office is not located in Japan and if either of the following (1) or (2) below is applicable. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **（１）** 当該相手方の事務所又は営業所が日本国内にある場合において、申立てが当該事務所又は営業所における業務に関するものであるとき。 art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2/sub2-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2/sub2-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2/sub2-1 if the opposite party's office or business office is located in Japan and the petition relates to the business conducted at that office or business office; machine translation, not official **（２）** 当該相手方の事務所若しくは営業所が日本国内にない場合又はその事務所若しくは営業所の所在地が知れない場合において、代表者その他の主たる業務担当者の住所が日本国内にあるとき。 art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2/sub2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2/sub2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-2/sub-2/sub2-2 if the opposite party's office or business office is not located in Japan or the location of its office or business office is unknown, and the domicile of its representative or other person principally in charge of its business is in Japan. machine translation, not official **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、日本において事業を行う者（日本において取引を継続してする外国会社（会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）第二条第二号に規定する外国会社をいう。）を含む。）を相手方とする場合において、申立てが当該相手方の日本における業務に関するものであるとき。 art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-3 beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items, if the opposite party is a person who conducts business in Japan (including any foreign company (which refers to a foreign company as prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005)) which continuously conducts transactions in Japan) and if the petition relates to the opposite party's business in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items, if the opposite party is an individual person who conducts business in Japan (including any foreign company (which refers to a foreign company as prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005)) which continuously conducts transactions in Japan) and if the petition relates to the opposite party's business in Japan." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、当事者は、合意により、いずれの国の裁判所に発信者情報開示命令の申立てをすることができるかについて定めることができる。 art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-2 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, parties may establish, by agreement, the country in which they are permitted to file a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order with the courts. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の合意は、書面でしなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-3 The agreement as referred to in the preceding paragraph is not valid unless it is executed by means of a written document. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の合意がその内容を記録した電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であって、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。）によってされたときは、その合意は、書面によってされたものとみなして、前項の規定を適用する。 art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-4 If electronic or magnetic records (meaning records used in computer data processing which are created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is impossible to recognize through the human senses alone) in which the content of the agreement is recorded are used to execute the agreement as referred to in paragraph (2), the agreement is deemed to have been executed by means of a written document, and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If electronic or magnetic records (meaning records used in computer data processing which are created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is impossible to recognize through the human senses alone) in which the content of the agreement is recorded must be used to execute the agreement as referred to in paragraph (2), the agreement is deemed to have been executed by means of a written document, and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb **第五項** 外国の裁判所にのみ発信者情報開示命令の申立てをすることができる旨の第二項の合意は、その裁判所が法律上又は事実上裁判権を行うことができないときは、これを援用することができない。 art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-5 The agreement under paragraph (2) that a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order may be filed only with the courts of a foreign country, may not be invoked if those courts are unable to exercise jurisdiction by law or in fact. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 裁判所は、発信者情報開示命令の申立てについて前各項の規定により日本の裁判所が管轄権を有することとなる場合（日本の裁判所にのみ申立てをすることができる旨の第二項の合意に基づき申立てがされた場合を除く。）においても、事案の性質、手続の追行による相手方の負担の程度、証拠の所在地その他の事情を考慮して、日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが当事者間の衡平を害し、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を妨げることとなる特別の事情があると認めるときは、当該申立ての全部又は一部を却下することができる。 art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-6 Even when the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding respective paragraphs (except when a petition is filed based on an agreement under paragraph (2) that only permits a petition to be filed with the Japanese courts), the court may dismiss the whole or part of a petition without prejudice if it finds that there are special circumstances under which the Japanese courts were to conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision in the action, it would be inequitable to either party or prevent a fair and speedy trial, in consideration of the nature of the case, the degree of burden that the opposite party would have to bear in pursuing the proceedings, the location of evidence, and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 日本の裁判所の管轄権は、発信者情報開示命令の申立てがあった時を標準として定める。 art-9/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-7 Whether the Japanese courts have jurisdiction is determined on the basis of the time at which a petition for a sender identification information disclosure order is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-9/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 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 第九条第一項第一号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-9/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-1 - art-9/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 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 第九条第一項第二号 (Article 9, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-9/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-2 - art-9/par-1/item-3: 会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）第二条第二号 → 会社法 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-2/par-1/item-2 - art-9/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 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1 - art-9/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 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-2 - art-9/par-4: 第二項 → 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 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-2 - art-9/par-4: 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 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-3 - art-9/par-5: 第二項 → 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 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-2 - art-9/par-6: 前各項 → 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 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-6: 前各項 → 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 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-2 - art-9/par-6: 前各項 → 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 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-3 - art-9/par-6: 前各項 → 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 第九条第四項 (Article 9, paragraph (4)), art-9/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-4 - art-9/par-6: 前各項 → 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 第九条第五項 (Article 9, paragraph (5)), art-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-5 ## Cited by 8 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 第九条第一項第三号（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-1/item-3 - 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 第九条第二項（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/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 第九条第三項（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-3 - 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 第九条第四項（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-4 - 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 第九条第五項（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-5 - 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 第九条第六項（日本の裁判所の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-9/par-6 - 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 第十条第二項（管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-10/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 第十条第四項（管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/information-distribution-platform-act/art-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000137/art-10/par-4 --- ## 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 9, paragraph (1), item (i), (b) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 9, paragraph (1), item (iii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 9, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4443/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch information-distribution-platform-act-20261011T162317-001, 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