# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第百六十七条 (Article 167) - 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: 第百六十七条 (Article 167)（条例を定めたときの届出） — address `art-167` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167 - 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. --- ### 第百六十七条（条例を定めたときの届出） — (Notification When Local Ordinances are Prescribed) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-167 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167 **第一項** 地方公共団体の長は、この法律の規定に基づき個人情報の保護に関する条例を定めたときは、遅滞なく、個人情報保護委員会規則で定めるところにより、その旨及びその内容を委員会に届け出なければならない。 art-167/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-1 When the head of a local government has prescribed the local ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this Act, that head must notify the Commission of this and the content of that ordinance pursuant to Order of the Personal Information Protection Commission without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 委員会は、前項の規定による届出があったときは、当該届出に係る事項をインターネットの利用その他適切な方法により公表しなければならない。 art-167/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-2 When a notification under the preceding paragraph has been given, the Commission must disclose the matters relating to that notification through the use of the Internet or other appropriate means. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定は、第一項の規定による届出に係る事項の変更について準用する。 art-167/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to any alteration to matters relating to the notification under paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-167/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十七条第一項 (Article 167, paragraph (1)), art-167/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-1 - art-167/par-3: 前二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十七条第一項 (Article 167, paragraph (1)), art-167/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-1 - art-167/par-3: 前二項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十七条第二項 (Article 167, paragraph (2)), art-167/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十七条第二項（条例を定めたときの届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第百六十七条第三項（条例を定めたときの届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-167/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-167/par-3 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 附則第八条第二項（第五十一条の規定の施行に伴う準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/suppl-5031-37/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/suppl-5031-37/art-8/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