# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第八条 (Article 8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8. 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（解釈規定） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（解釈規定） — (Interpretative Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8 **第一項** 第三条から前条までの規定は、通報対象事実に係る通報をしたことを理由として第二条第一項各号に掲げる者に対して解雇その他不利益な取扱いをすることを禁止する他の法令の規定の適用を妨げるものではない。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8/par-1 The provisions of Articles 3 through 7 do not preclude the application of the provisions of other laws and regulations that prohibit dismissal or any other disadvantageous treatment of a person stated in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) on the grounds of making a whistleblowing regarding a reportable fact. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第三条の規定は、労働契約法（平成十九年法律第百二十八号）第十六条の規定の適用を妨げるものではない。 art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8/par-2 The provisions of Article 3 do not preclude the application of the provisions of Article 16 of the Labor Contracts Act (Act No. 128 of 2007). machine translation, not official **第三項** 第五条第一項の規定は、労働契約法第十四条及び第十五条の規定の適用を妨げるものではない。 art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8/par-3 The provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) do not preclude the application of the provisions of Articles 14 and 15 of the Labor Contracts Act. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第六条の規定は、通報対象事実に係る通報をしたことを理由として第二条第一項第四号に定める事業者から役員を解任された者が当該事業者に対し解任によって生じた損害の賠償を請求することができる旨の他の法令の規定の適用を妨げるものではない。 art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-8/par-4 The provisions of Article 6 do not preclude the application of the provisions of other laws and regulations to the effect that a person who has been dismissed as an officer by a business operator provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv) on the grounds of having made a report concerning a reportable fact may claim compensation for damages arising from the dismissal against the business operator. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-8/par-1: 第三条から前条まで → 公益通報者保護法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-3 - art-8/par-1: 第三条から前条まで → 公益通報者保護法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-4 - art-8/par-1: 第三条から前条まで → 公益通報者保護法 第五条 (Article 5), art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5 - art-8/par-1: 第三条から前条まで → 公益通報者保護法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-6 - art-8/par-1: 第三条から前条まで → 公益通報者保護法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-7 - art-8/par-1: 第二条第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-1 - art-8/par-2: 第三条 → 公益通報者保護法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-3 - art-8/par-2: 労働契約法（平成十九年法律第百二十八号）第十六条 → 労働契約法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-16 - art-8/par-3: 第五条第一項 → 公益通報者保護法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5/par-1 - art-8/par-3: 労働契約法第十四条 → 労働契約法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-14 - art-8/par-3: 第十五条 → 労働契約法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-contracts-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/419AC0000000128/art-15 - art-8/par-4: 第六条 → 公益通報者保護法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-6 - art-8/par-4: 第二条第一項第四号 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第一項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 公益通報者保護法 第五条第三項（不利益取扱いの禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-5/par-3 --- ## 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