第一条行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（以下「法」という。）第二条第一項第四号の政令で定める特別の機関は、警察庁とする。

Article 1(1)The extraordinary organ designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") is the National Police Agency.

２法第二条第一項第五号の政令で定める特別の機関は、検察庁とする。

(2)The extraordinary organ designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Act is the Public Prosecutors Office.

第二条法第二条第二項第三号の政令で定める施設は、公文書等の管理に関する法律施行令（平成二十二年政令第二百五十号）第三条第一項の規定により内閣総理大臣が指定した施設とする。

Article 2The facilities designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Act are facilities designated by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Order for Enforcement of the Public Records and Archives Management Act (Cabinet Order No. 250 of 2010).

第三条法第二条第二項第三号の歴史的若しくは文化的な資料又は学術研究用の資料は、公文書等の管理に関する法律施行令第四条に規定する方法により管理されているものとする。

Article 3The historical or cultural materials or materials for academic research referred to in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Act are those managed by the method prescribed in Article 4 of the Order for Enforcement of the Public Records and Archives Management Act.

第四条法第三条の政令で定める者は、次に掲げる者とする。

Article 4The persons designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 3 of the Act are the following persons:

第五条開示請求書には、開示請求に係る行政文書について次に掲げる事項を記載することができる。

Article 5(1)The following matters may be stated in a written disclosure request with regard to the administrative document pertaining to a disclosure request:

２前項第一号、次条第一項第一号及び第二号、第十一条第一項第一号並びに第十四条第四項において「開示の実施の方法」とは、第九条に規定する開示の実施の方法をいう。

(2)The phrase "method of implementation of disclosure" as used item (i) of the preceding paragraph, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) of the following Article, Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i), and Article 14, paragraph (4) refers to the methods of implementation of disclosure prescribed in Article 9.

第六条法第九条第一項の政令で定める事項は、次に掲げる事項とする。

Article 6(1)The matters designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following matters:

２開示請求書に前条第一項各号に掲げる事項が記載されている場合における法第九条第一項の政令で定める事項は、前項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める事項とする。

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the matters designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act in the case where the matters set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article are stated in a written disclosure request are the matters specified in the following items according to the categories of cases set forth in these items:

第七条法第十三条第一項の政令で定める事項は、次に掲げる事項とする。

Article 7The matters designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following matters:

第八条法第十三条第二項の政令で定める事項は、次に掲げる事項とする。

Article 8The matters designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 13, paragraph (2) of the Act are the following matters:

第九条次の各号に掲げる文書又は図画の閲覧の方法は、それぞれ当該各号に定めるものを閲覧することとする。

Article 9(1)The method of inspection of the documents or pictures set forth in the following items is inspecting what is specified respectively in these items:

２次の各号に掲げる文書又は図画の法第十四条第一項（第一号ニにあっては、同項及び情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号。以下「情報通信技術活用法」という。）第七条第一項）の規定による開示の実施の方法は、それぞれ当該各号に定める方法とする。

(2)The methods of implementation of the disclosure of the documents or pictures set forth in the following items pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act (in the case of item (i), (d), the provisions of the same paragraph and Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Use Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002; hereinafter referred to as the "Act on Use of Information and Communications Technology")) are the methods specified respectively in these items:

３次の各号に掲げる電磁的記録についての法第十四条第一項の政令で定める方法は、それぞれ当該各号に定める方法とする。

(3)The methods designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act with regard to the electronic or magnetic records set forth in the following items are the methods specified respectively in these items:

４映画フィルムの開示の実施の方法は、次に掲げる方法とする。

(4)The methods of implementation of the disclosure of a cinematographic film are the following methods:

５スライド及び当該スライドの内容に関する音声を記録した録音テープを同時に視聴する場合における開示の実施の方法は、次に掲げる方法とする。

(5)The methods of implementation of disclosure in the case of simultaneously viewing slides and listening to the audio tape in which the sounds concerning the content of the slides are recorded are the following methods:

第十条法第十四条第二項の規定による申出は、書面により行わなければならない。

Article 10(1)The report under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act must be made in writing.

２第六条第二項第一号の場合に該当する旨の法第九条第一項に規定する通知があった場合（開示実施手数料が無料である場合に限る。）において、第五条第一項各号に掲げる事項を変更しないときは、法第十四条第二項の規定による申出を改めて行うことを要しない。

(2)If the notification prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act is made to the effect that the case falls under Article 6, paragraph (2), item (i) (limited to the case where no fee for implementation of disclosure is charged), and the person who will obtain disclosure does not change any matters set forth in the items of Article 5, paragraph (1), the person is not required to make the report under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act again.

第十一条法第十四条第二項の政令で定める事項は、次に掲げる事項とする。

Article 11(1)The matters designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act are the following matters:

２第六条第二項第一号の場合に該当する旨の法第九条第一項に規定する通知があった場合（開示実施手数料が無料である場合を除く。）における法第十四条第二項の政令で定める事項は、前項の規定にかかわらず、行政文書の開示を受ける旨とする。

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the matter designated by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act in the case where the notification prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act is made to the effect that the case falls under Article 6, paragraph (2), item (i) is a statement of the intention to obtain the disclosure of an administrative document.

第十二条法第十四条第四項の規定による申出は、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面により行わなければならない。

Article 12(1)The report under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (4) of the Act must be made in writing by means of a document stating the following matters:

２前項の場合において、既に開示を受けた行政文書（その一部につき開示を受けた場合にあっては、当該部分）につきとられた開示の実施の方法と同一の方法を当該行政文書について求めることはできない。ただし、当該同一の方法を求めることにつき正当な理由があるときは、この限りでない。

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the disclosure by the same method as the method of implementation of disclosure performed for an administrative document that has already been disclosed (if the disclosure of part of the administrative document is obtained, the relevant part) may not be requested for the relevant administrative document; provided, however, that this does not apply if there are reasonable grounds for requesting the same method.

第十三条法第十六条第一項の手数料の額は、次の各号に掲げる手数料の区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める額とする。

Article 13(1)The amount of the fee referred to in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act is the amount specified in the following items according to the categories of fees set forth in these items:

２開示請求者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する複数の行政文書の開示請求を一の開示請求書によって行うときは、前項第一号の規定の適用については、当該複数の行政文書を一件の行政文書とみなし、かつ、当該複数の行政文書である行政文書の開示を受ける場合における同項第二号ただし書の規定の適用については、当該複数の行政文書である行政文書に係る基本額に先に開示の実施を求めた当該複数の行政文書である他の行政文書に係る基本額を順次加えた額を基本額とみなす。

(2)When a disclosure requester files a written disclosure request to request the disclosure of multiple administrative documents that fall under either of the following items, with regard to the application of the provisions of item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the multiple administrative documents are deemed to be one administrative document, and with regard to the application of the provisions of the proviso to item (ii) of the same paragraph in the case of obtaining the disclosure of an administrative document that consists of the multiple administrative documents, the amount obtained by adding the base amount for an administrative document that consists of the multiple administrative documents and the base amounts for the other administrative documents that consist of the multiple administrative documents is deemed to be the base amount:

３開示請求手数料又は開示実施手数料は、次の各号のいずれかに掲げる場合を除いて、それぞれ開示請求書又は第十条第一項若しくは前条第一項に規定する書面に収入印紙を貼って納付しなければならない。

(3)The disclosure request fee or the fee for implementation of disclosure must be paid by affixing revenue stamps respectively to a written disclosure request or a document prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, except in a case that falls under any of the following items:

４行政文書の開示を受ける者は、開示実施手数料のほか送付に要する費用を納付して、行政文書の写しの送付を求めることができる。この場合において、当該費用は、総務省令で定める方法により納付しなければならない。

(4)A person who obtains the disclosure of an administrative document may request a copy of the administrative document to be sent thereto by paying the expenses required for sending the copy in addition to the fee for implementation of disclosure. In this case, the expenses must be paid by the method specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

第十四条行政機関の長（法第十七条の規定により委任を受けた職員があるときは、当該職員。以下この条において同じ。）は、行政文書の開示を受ける者が経済的困難により開示実施手数料を納付する資力がないと認めるときは、開示請求一件につき二千円を限度として、開示実施手数料を減額し、又は免除することができる。

Article 14(1)When the head of an administrative organ (if there is an official to whom the authority or affairs have been delegated pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of the Act, the relevant official; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) finds that a person who obtains the disclosure of an administrative document is unable to pay the fee for implementation of disclosure due to economic hardship, the head of the administrative organ may reduce the amount of the fee for implementation of disclosure by up to 2,000 yen per disclosure request, or exempt the person from the payment of the fee.

２前項の規定による開示実施手数料の減額又は免除を受けようとする者は、法第十四条第二項又は第四項の規定による申出を行う際に、併せて当該減額又は免除を求める額及びその理由を記載した申請書を行政機関の長に提出しなければならない。

(2)A person who seeks the reduction of the amount or the exemption from the payment of the fee for implementation of disclosure must submit a written application stating the amount for which the reduction or exemption is sought and the reasons therefor when making a report as referred to in Article 14, paragraph (2) or paragraph (4) of the Act to the head of the administrative organ.

３前項の申請書には、申請人が生活保護法（昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号）第十一条第一項各号に掲げる扶助を受けていることを理由とする場合にあっては当該扶助を受けていることを証明する書面を、その他の事実を理由とする場合にあっては当該事実を証明する書面を添付しなければならない。

(3)When the ground for seeking the reduction of the amount or the exemption from the payment of the fee is the fact that the applicant is receiving any of the assistance set forth in the items of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act (Act No. 144 of 1950), a document proving the fact of receiving the relevant assistance, and when any other fact is the ground therefor, a document proving the relevant fact, must be attached to the written application set forth in the preceding paragraph.

４第一項の規定によるもののほか、行政機関の長は、開示決定に係る行政文書を一定の開示の実施の方法により一般に周知させることが適当であると認めるときは、当該開示の実施の方法に係る開示実施手数料を減額し、又は免除することができる。

(4)Beyond what is provided for in paragraph (1), when the head of an administrative organ finds it appropriate to make an administrative document pertaining to a disclosure decision known to the general public by a certain method of implementation of disclosure, the head of the administrative organ may reduce the amount of the fee for implementation of disclosure by the method of implementation of disclosure or exempt the relevant person from the payment of the fee.

第十五条行政機関の長（第四条に規定する者を除く。）は、法第十七条の規定により、内閣総務官、内閣感染症危機管理監、国家安全保障局長、内閣官房副長官補若しくは内閣サイバーセキュリティセンター長、内閣広報官、内閣情報官若しくは内閣人事局長若しくは人事政策統括官、内閣府設置法（平成十一年法律第八十九号）第十七条若しくは第五十三条の官房、局若しくは部の長、同法第十七条第一項若しくは第六十二条第一項若しくは第二項の職、同法第十八条の重要政策に関する会議の長、同法第三十七条若しくは第五十四条の審議会等若しくはその事務局の長、同法第三十九条若しくは第五十五条の施設等機関の長、同法第四十条若しくは第五十六条（宮内庁法（昭和二十二年法律第七十号）第十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の特別の機関若しくはその事務局の長、内閣府設置法第四十三条若しくは第五十七条（宮内庁法第十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の地方支分部局の長、内閣府設置法第五十二条の委員会の事務局若しくはその官房若しくは部の長、同条の委員会の事務総局若しくはその官房、局、部若しくは地方事務所若しくはその支所の長、宮内庁法第三条の長官官房、侍従職等若しくは部の長、同法第十四条第一項の職、同法第十六条第一項の機関若しくはその事務局の長、同条第二項の機関の長若しくは同法第十七条の地方支分部局の長、デジタル庁設置法（令和三年法律第三十六号）第十三条第一項の職又は国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）第七条の官房、局若しくは部の長、同条の委員会の事務局若しくはその官房若しくは部の長、同条の委員会の事務総局の長、同法第八条の審議会等若しくはその事務局の長、同法第八条の二の施設等機関の長、同法第八条の三の特別の機関若しくはその事務局の長、同法第九条の地方支分部局の長若しくは同法第二十条第一項若しくは第二項の職に法第二章に定める権限又は事務のうちその所掌に係るものを委任することができる。

Article 15(1)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of the Act, the head of an administrative organ (excluding the person prescribed in Article 4) may delegate the authority or affairs provided for in Chapter II of the Act which fall under the jurisdiction thereof to the Director-General of the Cabinet Affairs Office, the Secretary General for Infectious Disease Crisis Management of the Cabinet Secretariat, the Secretary General of the National Security Secretariat, the Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary, the Director-General of the National Center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity, the Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs, the Director of Cabinet Intelligence, the Head of the Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs, the Director General for Personnel Policy Planning, the head of a secretariat, bureau or department referred to in Article 17 or Article 53 of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (Act No. 89 of 1999), the positions referred to in Article 17, paragraph (1) or Article 62, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the same Act, the head of a conference on important policies referred to in Article 18 of the same Act, the head of a council, etc. referred to in Article 37 or Article 54 of the same Act or the head of its executive office, the head of a facility or any other organ referred to in Article 39 or Article 55 of the same Act, the head of an extraordinary organ referred to in Article 40 of the same Act or Article 56 of the same Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Imperial Household Agency Act (Act No. 70 of 1947)) or the head of its executive office, the head of a local branch office referred to in Article 43 of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or Article 57 of the same Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Imperial Household Agency Act), the head of the executive office of a commission referred to in Article 52 of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or the head of its secretariat or bureau, the head of the general executive office of a commission referred to in same Article, the head of its secretariat, bureau, department or local office or the head of its branch, the head of the Commissioner's Secretariat, the Board of Chamberlains, etc. or a department referred to in Article 3 of the Imperial Household Agency Act, the positions referred to in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the same Act, the head of an organ referred to in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the same Act or the head of its executive office, the head of an organ referred to in paragraph (2) of the same Article, the head of a local branch office referred to in Article 17 of the same Act, the positions referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act for Establishment of the Digital Agency (Act No. 36 of 2021), the head of a secretariat, bureau or department referred to in Article 7 of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948), the head of the executive office of a commission referred to in the same Article or the head of its secretariat or department, the head of the general executive office of a commission referred to in the same Article, the head of a council, etc. referred to in Article 8 of the same Act or the head of its executive office, the head of a facility or any other organ referred to in Article 8-2 of the same Act, the head of an extraordinary organ referred to in Article 8-3 of the same Act or the head of its executive office, the head of a local branch office referred to in Article 9 of the same Act, or the positions referred to in Article 20, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the same Act.

２警察庁長官は、法第十七条の規定により、警察法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十二号）第十九条第一項の長官官房若しくは局、同条第二項の部、同法第二十七条第一項、第二十八条第一項若しくは第二十九条第一項の附属機関又は同法第三十条第一項若しくは第三十三条第一項の地方機関の長に法第二章に定める権限又は事務のうちその所掌に係るものを委任することができる。

(2)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of the Act, the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency may delegate the authority or affairs provided for in Chapter II of the Act which fall under the jurisdiction thereof to the head of the Commissioner-General's Secretariat or a bureau referred to in Article 19 of the Police Act (Act No. 162 of 1954), the head of a department referred to in paragraph (2) of the same Article, the head of an affiliated organ referred to in Article 27, paragraph (1), Article 28, paragraph (1) or Article 29, paragraph (1) of the same Act, or the head of a local organ referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) or Article 33, paragraph (1) of the same Act.

３行政機関の長は、前二項の規定により権限又は事務を委任しようとするときは、委任を受ける職員の官職、委任する権限又は事務及び委任の効力の発生する日を官報で公示しなければならない。

(3)When delegating the authority or affairs pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the head of an administrative organ must give public notice in an official gazette of the governmental position of an official granted delegation, the authority or affairs to be delegated, and the date on which delegation becomes effective.