# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百四十二条 (Article 142)

- 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: 第百四十二条 (Article 142)（政治運動等の禁止） — address `art-142`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-142
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### 第百四十二条（政治運動等の禁止） — (Prohibition of Political Campaigning)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-142 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-142</sup>

  **第一項**  委員長及び委員は、在任中、政党その他の政治団体の役員となり、又は積極的に政治運動をしてはならない。
  <sup>art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-142/par-1</sup>
  Neither a chairperson nor a commissioner may become an officer of a political party or other political organization or actively conduct a political campaign, while in office.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  委員長及び常勤の委員は、在任中、内閣総理大臣の許可のある場合を除くほか、報酬を得て他の職務に従事し、又は営利事業を営み、その他金銭上の利益を目的とする業務を行ってはならない。
  <sup>art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-142/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-142/par-2</sup>
  Except cases in which there has been permission from the Prime Minister, a chairperson or full-time commissioner, while in office, must not engage in any other jobs with remuneration, run a profit-making business, or perform other services for the purpose of gaining monetary profit.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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