# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百六条 (Article 106) - 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: 第百六条 (Article 106)（地方公共団体の機関等における審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — address `art-106` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六条（地方公共団体の機関等における審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — (Exclusion from Application of Provisions Concerning Review Proceedings by Review Officers for Local Government Organs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106 **第一項** 地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人に対する開示決定等、訂正決定等、利用停止決定等又は開示請求、訂正請求若しくは利用停止請求に係る不作為に係る審査請求については、行政不服審査法第九条第一項から第三項まで、第十七条、第四十条、第四十二条、第二章第四節及び第五十条第二項の規定は、適用しない。 art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106/par-1 The provisions of Article 9, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 17, Article 40, Article 42, Chapter II, Section 4, and Article 50, paragraph (2) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act do not apply to an appeal for review to any inaction of a local government organ or a local incorporated administrative agency in relation to a decision on disclosure, a decision on correction, a decision on ceasing to use personal information, or in relation to a request for disclosure, a request for correction, or a request for ceasing to use personal information. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地方公共団体の機関又は地方独立行政法人に対する開示決定等、訂正決定等、利用停止決定等又は開示請求、訂正請求若しくは利用停止請求に係る不作為に係る審査請求についての次の表の上欄に掲げる行政不服審査法の規定の適用については、これらの規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 第九条第四項 前項に規定する場合において、審査庁 第四条又は個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第百七条第二項の規定に基づく条例の規定により審査請求がされた行政庁（第十四条の規定により引継ぎを受けた行政庁を含む。以下「審査庁」という。） 前項において読み替えて適用する第三十一条第一項 同法第百六条第二項において読み替えて適用する第三十一条第一項 前項において読み替えて適用する第三十四条 同法第百六条第二項において読み替えて適用する第三十四条 前項において読み替えて適用する第三十六条 同法第百六条第二項において読み替えて適用する第三十六条 第十一条第二項 第九条第一項の規定により指名された者（以下「審理員」という。） 審査庁 第十三条第一項及び第二項、第二十八条、第三十条、第三十一条、第三十二条第三項、第三十三条から第三十七条まで、第三十八条第一項から第三項まで及び第五項、第三十九条並びに第四十一条第一項及び第二項 審理員 審査庁 第二十五条第七項 執行停止の申立てがあったとき、又は審理員から第四十条に規定する執行停止をすべき旨の意見書が提出されたとき 執行停止の申立てがあったとき 第二十九条第一項 審理員は、審査庁から指名されたときは、直ちに 審査庁は、審査請求がされたときは、第二十四条の規定により当該審査請求を却下する場合を除き、速やかに 第二十九条第二項 審理員は 審査庁は、審査庁が処分庁等以外である場合にあっては 提出を求める 提出を求め、審査庁が処分庁等である場合にあっては、相当の期間内に、弁明書を作成する 第二十九条第五項 審理員は 審査庁は、第二項の規定により 提出があったとき 提出があったとき、又は弁明書を作成したとき 第三十条第三項 参加人及び処分庁等 参加人及び処分庁等（処分庁等が審査庁である場合にあっては、参加人） 審査請求人及び処分庁等 審査請求人及び処分庁等（処分庁等が審査庁である場合にあっては、審査請求人） 第三十一条第二項 審理関係人 審理関係人（処分庁等が審査庁である場合にあっては、審査請求人及び参加人。以下この節及び第五十条第一項第三号において同じ。） 第四十一条第三項 審理員が 審査庁が 終結した旨並びに次条第一項に規定する審理員意見書及び事件記録（審査請求書、弁明書その他審査請求に係る事件に関する書類その他の物件のうち政令で定めるものをいう。同条第二項及び第四十三条第二項において同じ。）を審査庁に提出する予定時期を通知するものとする。当該予定時期を変更したときも、同様とする 終結した旨を通知するものとする 第四十四条 行政不服審査会等 第八十一条第一項又は第二項の機関 受けたとき（前条第一項の規定による諮問を要しない場合（同項第二号又は第三号に該当する場合を除く。）にあっては審理員意見書が提出されたとき、同項第二号又は第三号に該当する場合にあっては同項第二号又は第三号に規定する議を経たとき） 受けたとき 第五十条第一項第四号 審理員意見書又は行政不服審査会等若しくは審議会等 第八十一条第一項又は第二項の機関 第八十一条第三項において準用する第七十四条 第四十三条第一項の規定により審査会に諮問をした審査庁 審査庁 art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106/par-2 With respect to the application of the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act set forth in the left-hand column of the following table regarding an appeal for review to any inaction of a local government organ or a local incorporated administrative agency in relation to a decision on disclosure, a decision on correction, a decision on ceasing to use personal information, or in relation to a request for disclosure, a request for correction, or a request for ceasing to use personal information, the terms set forth in the middle column of that table that are used in these provisions are deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right-hand column of that table; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order. Article 9, paragraph (4) In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if it is found necessary, the reviewing agency If it is found necessary, the administrative agency that has received a request for review pursuant to Article 4 or ordinance based on the provision of Article 107, paragraph (2) of Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No.57 of 2003) (including an administrative agency that takes over the appeal for review pursuant to the provisions in Article 14; hereinafter referred to as a "reviewing agency") Article 31, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 31, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 34 as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 34 as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 36 as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 36 as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 11, paragraph (2) a person who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "review officer") the reviewing agency Article 13, paragraph (1) and (2), Article 28, Article 30, Article 31, Article 32, paragraph (3), Articles 33 through 37, Article 38, paragraphs (1) through (3) and (5), Article 39, and Article 41, paragraph (1) and (2) review officer reviewing agency Article 25, paragraph (7) When a petition for a stay of execution has been filed or a written opinion to suggest the necessity to order a stay of execution as prescribed in Article 40 has been submitted by a review officer When a petition for a stay of execution has been filed Article 29, paragraph (1) When having been appointed by the reviewing agency, a review officer must immediately When a request for review has been filed, except for the case of dismissing the request for review without prejudice pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, the reviewing agency must promptly Article 29, paragraph (2) A review officer The reviewing agency that falls under any category other than the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition to submit a written explanation submission of a written explanation, and the reviewing agency that falls under the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition is to prepare a written explanation within an appropriate period of time Article 29, paragraph (5) a review officer the reviewing agency from the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition from the administrative agency , etc.reaching the disposition or the reviewing agency has prepared a written explanation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) Article 30, paragraph (3) intervenors and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition intervenors and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (when the administrative agency reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, intervenors) relevant requestor for review and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition relevant requestor for review and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (when the administrative agency reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, the relevant requestor for review) Article 31, paragraph (2) all of the persons concerned with proceedings all of the persons concerned with proceedings (when the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, the relevant requestor for review and intervenors; hereinafter, the same applies in this Section and Article 50, paragraph (1), item (iii)) Article 41, paragraph (3) a review officer the reviewing agency the review officer should promptly give a notice to the persons concerned with proceedings to inform them of the conclusion of the procedures for proceedings and the time when the written opinion of the review officer prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the case record (meaning the written request for review, written explanation, and other documents and articles pertaining to the case wherein the request for review has been filed, which are specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 43, paragraph (2)) are scheduled to be submitted to the Reviewing Agency. The same applies when the scheduled time of submission is altered the reviewing agency should promptly give a notice to the persons concerned with proceedings to inform them of the conclusion of the procedures for proceedings Article 44 the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. the organ set forth in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2) (or when a review officer's written opinion has been submitted in the case where the consultation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is not necessary (excluding the cases falling under item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph), or when deliberations prescribed in item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph have been held in the cases falling under item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph) [Deleted] Article 50, paragraph (1), item(iv) the review officer's written opinion or the written reply from the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. or the council, etc. the written reply from the organ set forth in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2) Article 74 as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 81, paragraph (3) the reviewing agency that has consulted with the board pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) the reviewing agency Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With respect to the application of the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act set forth in the left-hand column of the following table regarding an appeal for review to any inaction of a local government organ or a local incorporated administrative agency in relation to a decision on disclosure, a decision on correction, a decision on ceasing to use personal information, or in relation to a request for disclosure, a request for correction, or a request for ceasing to use personal information, the terms set forth in the middle column of that table that are used in these provisions are deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right-hand column of that table; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order. Article 9, paragraph (4) In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if it is found necessary, the reviewing agency If it is found necessary, the administrative agency that has received a request for review pursuant to Article 4 or ordinance based on the provision of Article 107, paragraph (2) of Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No.57 of 2003) (including an administrative agency that takes over the appeal for review pursuant to the provisions in Article 14; hereinafter referred to as a "reviewing agency") Article 31, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 31, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 34 as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 34 as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 36 as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 36 as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms Article 11, paragraph (2) a person who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "review officer") the reviewing agency Article 13, paragraph (1) and (2), Article 28, Article 30, Article 31, Article 32, paragraph (3), Articles 33 through 37, Article 38, paragraphs (1) through (3) and (5), Article 39, and Article 41, paragraph (1) and (2) review officer reviewing agency Article 25, paragraph (7) When a petition for a stay of execution has been filed or a written opinion to suggest the necessity to order a stay of execution as prescribed in Article 40 has been submitted by a review officer When a petition for a stay of execution has been filed Article 29, paragraph (1) When having been appointed by the reviewing agency, a review officer must immediately When a request for review has been filed, except for the case of dismissing the request for review without prejudice pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, the reviewing agency must promptly Article 29, paragraph (2) A review officer The reviewing agency that falls under any category other than the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition to submit a written explanation submission of a written explanation, and the reviewing agency that falls under the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition is to prepare a written explanation within an appropriate period of time Article 29, paragraph (5) a review officer the reviewing agency from the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition from the administrative agency , etc.reaching the disposition or the reviewing agency has prepared a written explanation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) Article 30, paragraph (3) intervenors and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition intervenors and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (when the administrative agency reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, intervenors) relevant requestor for review and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition relevant requestor for review and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (when the administrative agency reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, the relevant requestor for review) Article 31, paragraph (2) all of the persons concerned with proceedings all of the persons concerned with proceedings (when the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, the relevant requestor for review and intervenors; hereinafter, the same applies in this Section and Article 50, paragraph (1), item (iii)) Article 41, paragraph (3) a review officer the reviewing agency the review officer should promptly give a notice to the persons concerned with proceedings to inform them of the conclusion of the procedures for proceedings and the time when the written opinion of the review officer prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the case record (meaning the written request for review, written explanation, and other documents and articles pertaining to the case wherein the request for review has been filed, which are specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 43, paragraph (2)) are scheduled to be submitted to the Reviewing Agency. The same applies when the scheduled time of submission is altered the reviewing agency should promptly give a notice to the persons concerned with proceedings to inform them of the conclusion of the procedures for proceedings Article 44 the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. the organ set forth in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2) (or when a review officer's written opinion has been submitted in the case where the consultation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is not necessary (excluding the cases falling under item (ii) or (iii) of the relavant paragraph), or when deliberations prescribed in item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph have been held in the cases falling under item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph) [Deleted] Article 50, paragraph (1), item(iv) the review officer's written opinion or the written reply from the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. or the council, etc. the written reply from the organ set forth in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2) Article 74 as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 81, paragraph (3) the reviewing agency that has consulted with the board pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) the reviewing agency" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb --- ## Cites - art-106/par-1: 行政不服審査法第九条第一項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-106/par-1: 第三項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-106/par-1: 第十七条 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — not held in this collection - art-106/par-1: 第四十条 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — not held in this collection - art-106/par-1: 第四十二条 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — not held in this collection - art-106/par-1: 第五十条第二項 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第五十条第二項 (Article 50, paragraph (2)), art-50/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-106/par-2: 個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第百七条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百七条第二項 (Article 107, paragraph (2)), art-107/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-107/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-107/par-2 - art-106/par-2: 同法第百六条第二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六条第二項 (Article 106, paragraph (2)), art-106/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六条第二項（地方公共団体の機関等における審理員による審理手続に関する規定の適用除外等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-106/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報の保護に関する法律), Article 106, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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