[Section 3 The Appointed Information Processing Organization]
(Designation of the Appointed Information Processing Organization etc.)
Article 30-10. A governor can delegate the following affairs to the organization designated by the Minister (hereinafter referred to as "Appointed Information Processing Organization"):
(1) Designation and notification of the Resident Card Code in accordance with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 1;
(2) Conference and adjustment in accordance with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 2;
(3) Offer of Personal Identification Information to a national organization and a corporation listed on the upper column of the attached table 1, in accordance with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 3;
(4) Offer of Personal Identification Information to (a) a municipal executive organ within an area which is listed on the upper column of the attached table 2 in accordance with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 4 and (b) a mayor within the said prefecture prescribed in the provision of Item 3 of the same paragraph;
(5) Offer of Personal Identification Information to (a) another prefectural executive listed on the upper column of the attached table 3 in accordance with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 5, and (b) another governor prescribed in the provision of Item 3 of the same paragraph;
(6) Offer of Personal Identification Information to (a) a municipal executive organ within another prefecture listed on the upper column of the attached table 4 and (b) a mayor within another prefecture in accordance with the provision of Item 3 of the same paragraph;
(7) Offer of material on Personal Identification Information to a national administrative organization in accordance with the provision of Article 37, Paragraph 2.
2. Designation in accordance with the provision of the above paragraph shall be done after the application from those who intend to perform the affairs on Personal Identification Information.
3. A governor who decides to delegate the affairs on Personal Identification Information to the Appointed Information Processing Organization in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 1 (hereinafter referred to as "delegating governor") shall not deal with the affairs on Personal Identification Information (except the affairs listed on Item 4 and 7 of the same paragraph).
4. The delegating governor can make the Appointed Information Processing Organization collect the charge (in the following paragraph, referred to as "information offering charge") as its revenue with regard to the offer of Personal Identification Information in accordance with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 3, which is to be done in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 1.
5. The amount of information offering charge in the above case shall be set by the Appointed Information Processing Organization in accordance with the delegating governor's prefectural ordinance. In this case, the Appointed Information Processing Organization must gain approval from the delegating governor in advance with regard to the amount of the said information offering charge.
(Notice to Appointed Information Processing Organization etc.)
Article 30-11. The delegating governor shall inform the Appointed Information Processing Organization of Personal Identification Information with regard to notification in accordance with the provision of Article 30-5, Paragraph 1.
2. The above notification shall be performed by electronic communication between the electronic calculator of the delegating governor and the electronic calculator of the Appointed Information Processing Organization in accordance with the Ministerial Ordinance.
3. The Appointed Information Organization which has received the notification in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 1 must record Personal Identification Information with regard to the said notification on the Magnetic Disk in accordance with the ministerial ordinance and preserve it from the date of the said notification during the period prescribed by the cabinet order.
4. The offer of Personal Identification Information in accordance with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 5 to another governor prescribed in the provision of Item 3 of the same paragraph, made by the Appointed Information Processing Organization in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 1 of the above article, shall be done by electronic communication between the electronic calculator of the Appointed Information Processing Organization and the governor's calculator in accordance with the ministerial ordinance, apart from a special request, when this does not apply.
5. When the Appointed Information Processing Organization has found an error in the Personal Identification Information recorded on the Magnetic Disk of the delegating governor in accordance with the provision of Article 30-5, Paragraph 3 in administrating and implementing the affairs, the Appointed Information Processing Organization shall inform the said delegating governor of the fact immediately.
6. The Appointed Information Processing Organization must make a report and publish it at least once every year in accordance with the ministerial ordinance as regards the situation of offer of Personal Identification Information prescribed in with the provision of Article 30-7, Paragraph 3 made by the Appointed Information Processing Organization in accordance with Paragraph 1 of the above article.
7. The Appointed Information Processing Organization shall give to the delegating governor the necessary advice and information regarding the electronic calculation processing (hereinafter, meaning the information processing by electronic calculator such as input, accumulation, compilation, process, modification, renewal, retrieval, extinction, output and so on) of Personal Identification Information with regard to notification in accordance with the provision of Article 30-5, Paragraph 1.
8. The Appointed Information Processing Organization must give the necessary cooperation to the delegating governor to ensure the correctness of the records with regard to residents on the Basic Resident Registration of municipalities within the area of the said delegating governor.
(Criterion of Designation)
Article 30-12. The Minister must not make a designation in accordance with the provision of Article 30-10, Paragraph 1, if there is no other organization designated in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 1 of the same article and if the application in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 2 of the same article fulfills the following criteria:
(1) A scheme with regard to employees, equipment, the way of implementation of the affairs on Personal Identification Information etc. (hereinafter meaning the affairs on Personal Identification Information by the Appointed Information Processing Organization, the affairs prescribed in Paragraph 3, 5 to 8 of the above article and the affairs prescribed in Article 30-38 and 30-40) is proper in terms of protecting Personal Identification Information and implementing the affairs on Personal Identification Information etc. appropriately and certainly;
(2) An applicant has the financial and technical foundation necessary to appropriate and certain implementation of the scheme with regard to the affairs on the Personal Identification Information etc.;
(3) An applicant is a corporation established in accordance with the provisions of Article 34 of the Civil Law (Law No. 89 of 1886) and to whom a Local Public Entity gives the whole or part of its basic property;
(4) When an applicant has other affairs than the affairs on the Personal Identification Information etc, those affairs cannot be the obstacle to properly implement the affairs on the Personal Identification Information etc.
2. The Minister must not make a designation in accordance with the provision of Article 30-10, Paragraph 1 if an applicant in accordance with the provision of Article 30-10, Paragraph 2 fulfills one of the followings:
(1) Two years have not passed since the applicant finished being executed due to the violation of this law;
(2) Two years have not passed since the cancellation was made in accordance with the provision of Article 30-25, Paragraph 1 or 2;
(3) One of the following applies to any of the executives:
(a) A person who fulfills Item 1.
(b) Two years have not passed since the dismissal by the order in accordance with the provision of Article 30-16, Paragraph 2.
(Announcement of Designation etc.)
Article 30-13. The Minister must announce the name of the said Appointed Information Processing Organization, the location of the main office and the date of designation made by the Minister in accordance with the provision of Article 30-10, Paragraph 1.
2. When the Appointed Information Processing Organization intends to change the name or the location of the main office, it must notify the Minister of the matter by two weeks before the day of change.
3. When there is a submission in accordance with the provision of the above paragraph, the Minister must announce it.
Article 30-14. The delegating governor must (a) report to the Minister that he has decided to delegate the affairs on Personal Identification Information to the Appointed Information Processing Organization in accordance with the provision of Article 30-10, Paragraph 1; (b) inform other governors of the matter; and (c) announce the date when he has decided to delegate the affairs on Personal Identification Information to the said Appointed Information Processing Organization.
2. When the Appointed Information Processing Organization intends to change the name or the location of its main office, it must submit the matter to the delegating governor by two weeks before the day of change.
3. When there is a submission in accordance with the provision of the above paragraph, the delegating governor must announce it.
(Establishment of the Committee of Protecting Personal Identification Information)
Article 30-15. The Appointed Information Processing Organization must set up the Committee of Protecting Personal Identification Information.
2. The Committee of Protecting Personal Identification Information, replying to a consultation by the representative of the Appointed Information Processing Organization, can discuss the matters related to the protection of Personal Identification Information regarding the notice in accordance with the provision of Article 30-11, Paragraph 1, and can address the necessary opinion on the matters to the representative of the Appointed Information Processing Organization.
3. The commissioners of the Committee of Protecting Personal Identification Information shall be appointed from among literate people by the representative of the Appointed Information Processing Organization.
(Assignment and Dismissal of an Executive)
Article 30-16. The assignment and dismissal of an executive of the Appointed Information Processing Organization shall not come into effect without the Minister's approval.
2. The Minister can order the Appointed Information Processing Organization to dismiss an executive when the executive has (a) violated this law, an ordinance or procedure in accordance with this law or Administrative Regulation of Personal Identification Information of Article 30-18, Paragraph 1 or (b) taken a remarkably inappropriate action with regard to the affairs on Personal Identification Information etc.
(Obligation to Keep a Secret by an Official etc.)
Article 30-17. The person who is or was an executive or an official (in this and Paragraph 3, including the commissioner of the Committee of Protecting Personal Identification Information) of the Appointed Information Processing Organization must not reveal anything he could have learnt about the affairs connected with Personal Identification Information etc.
2. (a) Those to whom it is delegated by the Appointed Information Processing Organization, the affairs of the electronic calculation process etc. on Personal Identification Information in accordance with the provision of Article 30-11, Paragraph 1 (hereinafter, meaning the electronic calculation process or preparatory action for input of information such as a punch and so on or preservation of Magnetic Disk), (b) an executive or an official therein or (c) those who were (a) or (b), must not reveal anything they could have learnt regarding the delegated affairs or the affairs connected with electronic calculation processing etc. on Personal Identification Information.
3. An executive or an official engaged in the affairs on Personal Identification Information etc. shall be regarded as a public official in accordance with the law when a penalty clause in Criminal Law (Law No. 45 of 1907) or elsewhere applies to him.
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