# 個人情報の保護に関する法律 / Act on the Protection of Personal Information — 第九十四条 (Article 94) - 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: 第九十四条 (Article 94)（訂正決定等の期限） — address `art-94` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-94 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-94 - 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. --- ### 第九十四条（訂正決定等の期限） — (Due Date for Decisions on Correction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-94 **第一項** 前条各項の決定（以下この節において「訂正決定等」という。）は、訂正請求があった日から三十日以内にしなければならない。ただし、第九十一条第三項の規定により補正を求めた場合にあっては、当該補正に要した日数は、当該期間に算入しない。 art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-94/par-1 The decisions referred to in the items of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "decisions on correction" in this Section) must be made within thirty days from the date of a request for correction; provided, however, that if an amendment is requested pursuant to the provisions of Article 91, paragraph (3), the number of days required for that amendment is not included within this period of time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、行政機関の長等は、事務処理上の困難その他正当な理由があるときは、同項に規定する期間を三十日以内に限り延長することができる。この場合において、行政機関の長等は、訂正請求者に対し、遅滞なく、延長後の期間及び延長の理由を書面により通知しなければならない。 art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-94/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if there are justifiable grounds such as difficulties arising from conducting processes, an administrative organ's head or administrative entity may extend the period of time prescribed in that paragraph for up to thirty days. In this case, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must notify the person requesting correction in writing of the extended period and the grounds for the extension. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-94/par-1: 前条 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第九十三条 (Article 93), art-93 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-93 - art-94/par-1: 第九十一条第三項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第九十一条第三項 (Article 91, paragraph (3)), art-91/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-91/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-91/par-3 - art-94/par-2: 前項 → 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-94/par-1 ## 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 第九十四条第二項（訂正決定等の期限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-94/par-2 - 個人情報の保護に関する法律 第九十五条第一項（訂正決定等の期限の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-information-protection-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000057/art-95/par-1 - 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 第三十一条第三項（情報提供等の記録についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/my-number-act/art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-31/par-3 --- ## 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