# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百二条 (Article 102) - Law: 個人情報の保護に関する法律 (Act on the Protection of Personal Information), 平成十五年法律第五十七号 - English title "Act on the Protection of Personal Information": 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: 第百二条 (Article 102)（利用停止決定等の期限） — address `art-102` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-102 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-102 - 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. --- ### 第百二条（利用停止決定等の期限） — (Due Date for Decisions on Ceasing to Use Personal Information) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-102 **第一項** 前条各項の決定（以下この節において「利用停止決定等」という。）は、利用停止請求があった日から三十日以内にしなければならない。ただし、第九十九条第三項の規定により補正を求めた場合にあっては、当該補正に要した日数は、当該期間に算入しない。 art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-102/par-1 A decision set forth in the paragraphs of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "decision on ceasing to use personal information" in this Section) must be made within thirty days from the date of a request for ceasing to use personal information; provided, however, that in cases in which an amendment is requested pursuant to the provisions of Article 99, paragraph (3), the number of days required for the amendment is not included within that period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、行政機関の長等は、事務処理上の困難その他正当な理由があるときは、同項に規定する期間を三十日以内に限り延長することができる。この場合において、行政機関の長等は、利用停止請求者に対し、遅滞なく、延長後の期間及び延長の理由を書面により通知しなければならない。 art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-102/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if there are justifiable grounds such as difficulties arising from conducting processes, an administrative organ's head or administrative entity may extend the period of time prescribed in that paragraph for up to thirty days. In this case, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must notify the person making a request for ceasing to use personal information in writing of the extended period and the grounds for the extension, without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-102/par-1: 前条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百一条 (Article 101), art-101 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-101 - art-102/par-1: 第九十九条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第九十九条第三項 (Article 99, paragraph (3)), art-99/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-99/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-99/par-3 - art-102/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-102/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百二条第二項（利用停止決定等の期限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-102/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百三条第一項（利用停止決定等の期限の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-103/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Protection of Personal Information — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 190 — 個人情報の保護に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10