STATISTICS ACT
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Basic Principles)
Article 3 (Definitions)
Article 4 (Duties of the State, etc.)
Article 4-2 (Statistics Day)
Article 5 (Relationship with Other Acts)
CHAPTER II PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF STATISTICS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF BASIS FOR USE THEREOF
Article 5-2 (National Statistics Committee)
Article 5-3 (Conducting Census)
Article 5-4 (Formulation of Master Plans for Development of National Statistics)
Article 5-5 (Formulation of Implementation Plans for Development of National Statistics)
Article 6 (Designation and Management of Staff in Charge of Statistics)
Article 7 (Securing of Human Resources and Budget of Statistics Service Agency)
Article 7-2 (Establishment and Operation of Statistical Information Systems)
Article 8 (Statistics Education and Establishment, etc. of Basic Plans for Statistics Education)
Article 9 (Regular Examinations of Quality of Statistics)
Article 10 (Occasional Examinations of Quality of Statistics)
Article 11 (Self-Examinations of Quality of Statistics)
Article 12 (Request, etc. for Improvement of Production and Dissemination of Statistics)
Article 12-2 (Statistics-Based Policy Evaluation)
Article 13 (Assistance in Budget, Human Resources, Technology, etc.)
Article 14 (International Cooperation)
Article 14-2 (Monitoring of Statistics Provided to International Organizations)
CHAPTER III DESIGNATION, ETC. OF DESIGNATED STATISTICS SERVICE AGENCIES AND DESIGNATED STATISTICS
Article 15 (Designation of Designated Statistics Service Agencies)
Article 16 (Revocation of Designation as Designated Statistics Service Agencies)
Article 17 (Designation of Designated Statistics and Revocation of Designation)
CHAPTER IV PRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION AND USE OF STATISTICS
SECTION 1 Production of Statistics
Article 18 (Approval for Production of Statistics)
Article 19 (Revocation of Approval for Production of Statistics)
Article 20 (Consultation on Production of Statistics)
Article 21 (Advice to Produce Statistics)
Article 21-2 (Request for Production of Statistics)
Article 22 (Standard Classification)
Article 23 (Cooperation in Production of Statistics)
Article 24 (Provision of Administrative Data)
Article 24-2 (Provision of Data by Judicial Agencies, etc.)
Article 25 (Requests, etc. to Submit Data)
Article 26 (On-Site Investigation, etc.)
SECTION 2 Dissemination and Use of Statistics
Article 27 (Official Announcement of Statistics)
Article 27-2 (Prohibition, etc. against Exercising Influence and Revealing Statistics with Regard to Production and Official Announcement of Statistics, and against Using Statistics for Purpose other than Statistical Purpose)
Article 28 (Dissemination of Statistics)
Article 29 (Issuing, etc. of Statistics Publications)
Article 29-2 (Keeping and Management of Statistical Data)
Article 30 (Provision of Statistical Data)
Article 31 (Use of Statistical Data)
CHAPTER V DUTY, PROTECTION, ETC. OF STATISTICAL RESPONDENTS
Article 32 (Duty of Statistical Respondents to Answer Faithfully)
Article 33 (Protection of Secrets)
Article 34 (Duty of Statistics Staff, etc.)
CHAPTER VI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 35 (Requests for Submission of Statistics)
Article 36 (Requests, etc. for Rectification of Violations)
Article 37 (Delegation and Entrustment)
Article 38 (Persons Deemed as Public Officials in Application of Penalty Provisions)
CHAPTER VII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 39 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 40 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 41 (Administrative Fines)
Article 42 Deleted.