# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-5. 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（検討） — address `suppl-5021-51/art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-5 - 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. --- ### 第五条（検討） — (Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5021-51/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-5 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後三年を目途として、新法の施行の状況を勘案し、新法第二条第一項に規定する公益通報をしたことを理由とする同条第二項に規定する公益通報者に対する不利益な取扱いの是正に関する措置の在り方及び裁判手続における請求の取扱いその他新法の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5021-51/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5021-51/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5021-51/art-5/par-1 Approximately three years after the enforcement of this Act, the national government is to consider the status of enforcement of the new Act, review the measures to rectify the disadvantageous treatment of whistleblower prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the new Act on the grounds of whistleblowing prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article, the handling of claims in court proceedings, and other provisions of the new Act, and take necessary measures based on the results of the review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5021-51/art-5/par-1: 新法第二条第一項 → 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 - suppl-5021-51/art-5/par-1: 同条第二項 → 公益通報者保護法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/art-2/par-2 --- ## 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 - 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