# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百五十五条 (Article 155) - 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: 第百五十五条 (Article 155)（認定の取消し） — address `art-155` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155 - 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. --- ### 第百五十五条（認定の取消し） — (Rescinding Certification) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-155 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155 **第一項** 委員会は、認定個人情報保護団体が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その認定を取り消すことができる。 art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1 If a certified personal information protection organization falls under one of the following items, the Commission may rescind the certification: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第四十八条第一号又は第三号に該当するに至ったとき。 art-155/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1/item-1 the organization has led to falling under Article 48, item (i) or item (iii); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第四十九条各号のいずれかに適合しなくなったとき。 art-155/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1/item-2 the organization has become unconformable to one of the items of Article 49; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第五十五条の規定に違反したとき。 art-155/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1/item-3 the organization has violated the provisions of Article 55; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前条の命令に従わないとき。 art-155/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1/item-4 the organization disobeys an order under the preceding Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 不正の手段により第四十七条第一項の認定又は第五十条第一項の変更の認定を受けたとき。 art-155/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1/item-5 the organization has received a certification under Article 47, paragraph (1), or a certification of alteration under Article 50, paragraph (1) by wrongful means. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 委員会は、前項の規定により認定を取り消したときは、その旨を公示しなければならない。 art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-2 When having rescinded a certification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commission must announce to the public to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-155/par-1/item-1: 第四十八条第一号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十八条第一項第一号 (Article 48, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-48/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-48/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-48/par-1/item-1 - art-155/par-1/item-1: 第三号 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十八条第一項第三号 (Article 48, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-48/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-48/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-48/par-1/item-3 - art-155/par-1/item-2: 第四十九条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-49 - art-155/par-1/item-3: 第五十五条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-55 - art-155/par-1/item-4: 前条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十四条 (Article 154), art-154 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-154 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-154 - art-155/par-1/item-5: 第四十七条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-47/par-1 - art-155/par-1/item-5: 第五十条第一項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-50/par-1 - art-155/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十五条第一項 (Article 155, paragraph (1)), art-155/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十八条第一項第二号（欠格条項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-48/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-48/par-1/item-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第四十八条第一項第三号ロ（欠格条項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-48/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-48/par-1/item-3/sub-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第五十条第一項（変更の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-50/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百五十五条第二項（認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-155/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-155/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十一条第一項（送達すべき書類） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-161/par-1 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十一条第二項（送達すべき書類） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-161/par-2 --- ## 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