# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第十三条 (Article 13) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 公益通報者保護法 (Whistleblower Protection Act), 平成十六年法律第百二十二号 - English title "Whistleblower Protection Act": 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（行政機関がとるべき措置） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十三条（行政機関がとるべき措置） — (Measures to Be Taken by Administrative Bodies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13 **第一項** 通報対象事実について処分又は勧告等をする権限を有する行政機関は、公益通報者から第三条第二号及び第六条第二号に定める公益通報をされた場合には、必要な調査を行い、当該公益通報に係る通報対象事実があると認めるときは、法令に基づく措置その他適当な措置をとらなければならない。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-1 If whistleblowing provided for in Article 3, item (ii) and Article 6, item (ii) is conducted by a whistleblower, an administrative body with the authority to impose a disposition or make a recommendation, etc. regarding the reportable fact must conduct necessary investigations, and if it recognizes that the reportable fact subject to the whistleblowing exists, it must take measures based on laws and regulations or any other appropriate measures. machine translation, not official **第二項** 通報対象事実について処分又は勧告等をする権限を有する行政機関（第二条第四項第一号に規定する職員を除く。）は、前項に規定する措置の適切な実施を図るため、第三条第二号及び第六条第二号に定める公益通報に応じ、適切に対応するために必要な体制の整備その他の必要な措置をとらなければならない。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-2 In order to ensure appropriate implementation of the measures provided for in the preceding paragraph, an administrative body (excluding the officials provided for in Article 2, paragraph (4), item (i)) that has the authority to impose a disposition or make a recommendation, etc. with regard to a reportable fact must respond to the whistleblowing provided for in Article 3, item (ii) and Article 6, item (ii), establish a system necessary for appropriately responding to it, and take other necessary measures. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の公益通報が第二条第三項第一号に掲げる犯罪行為の事実を内容とする場合における当該犯罪の捜査及び公訴については、前二項の規定にかかわらず、刑事訴訟法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十一号）の定めるところによる。 art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, if the whistleblowing referred to in paragraph (1) concerns a fact that constitutes a criminal act as provided for in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i), the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) govern the criminal investigation and prosecution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1: 第三条第二号 → 公益通報者保護法 第三条第一項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-3/par-1/item-2 - art-13/par-1: 第六条第二号 → 公益通報者保護法 第六条第一項第二号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-6/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-6/par-1/item-2 - art-13/par-2: 第二条第四項第一号 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第四項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-2/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-4/item-1 - art-13/par-2: 前項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-1 - art-13/par-2: 第三条第二号 → 公益通報者保護法 第三条第一項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-3/par-1/item-2 - art-13/par-2: 第六条第二号 → 公益通報者保護法 第六条第一項第二号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-6/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-6/par-1/item-2 - art-13/par-3: 第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-1 - art-13/par-3: 第二条第三項第一号 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第三項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-2/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-3/item-1 - art-13/par-3: 前二項 → 公益通報者保護法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 公益通報者保護法 第十三条第二項（行政機関がとるべき措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-2 - 公益通報者保護法 第十三条第三項（行政機関がとるべき措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-13/par-3 - 公益通報者保護法 第十四条第一項（教示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-14/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 公益通報者保護法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20260717_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-10-26 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Whistleblower Protection Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5109/tb), retrieved 2026-10-26 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch whistleblower-protection-act-20261026T133420-001, translated 2026-10-26 - This site's parser, version 218 — 公益通報者保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-26