# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百三十四条 (Article 134) - 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: 第百三十四条 (Article 134)（組織等） — address `art-134` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-134 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-134 - 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. --- ### 第百三十四条（組織等） — (Organization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-134 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-134 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-134 **第一項** 委員会は、委員長及び委員八人をもって組織する。 art-134/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-134/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-134/par-1 The Commission is to be composed of a chairperson and eight commissioners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 委員のうち四人は、非常勤とする。 art-134/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-134/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-134/par-2 Four of the commissioners are to serve on a part-time basis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 委員長及び委員は、人格が高潔で識見の高い者のうちから、両議院の同意を得て、内閣総理大臣が任命する。 art-134/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-134/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-134/par-3 A chairperson and a commissioner are to be appointed by the Prime Minister with consent of both Houses of the Diet from among those with high character and deep insight. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 委員長及び委員には、個人情報の保護及び適正かつ効果的な活用に関する学識経験のある者、消費者の保護に関して十分な知識と経験を有する者、情報処理技術に関する学識経験のある者、行政分野に関する学識経験のある者、民間企業の実務に関して十分な知識と経験を有する者並びに連合組織（地方自治法第二百六十三条の三第一項の連合組織で同項の規定による届出をしたものをいう。）の推薦する者が含まれるものとする。 art-134/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-134/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-134/par-4 A chairperson and commissioners are to encompass a person who has relevant expertise on protection of personal information, and its proper and effective application; a person who has sufficient knowledge and experience to protect consumers; a person who has relevant expertise on information processing technologies; a person who has relevant expertise in public administrative fields; a person who has sufficient knowledge and experience on private-sector business practices; and a person recommended by a federate organization (meaning a federate organization under Article 263-3, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act that has given a notification under that paragraph). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-134/par-4: 地方自治法第二百六十三条の三第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百六十三条の三第一項 (Article 263-3, paragraph (1)), art-263-3/par-1 — not held in this collection ## 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 第百三十五条第四項（任期等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-135/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-135/par-4 --- ## 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