(Act No. 162 of 8 June, 1954)

(Establishment and Organization)

ARTICLE 4.

There shall be established a National Public Safety Commission under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister.

2. The National Public Safety Commission shall be composed of a Chairman and five members.

(Duties and Functions)

ARTICLE 5.

The National Public Safety Commission shall take charge of police operation relating to the public safety of the nation, administer the affairs concerning police education, police communication, information technology analysis, criminal identification, criminal statistics and police equipment, coordinate the affairs concerning police administration, and thereby carry out duties to protect the rights and liberties of individuals and to maintain public safety and order.

2. In order to perform the duties provided for in the preceding paragraph, the National Public Safety Commission shall supervise

the National Police Agency with respect to the following affairs:

(1) Matters concerning the planning and drafting of systems relating to the police;

(2) Matters concerning the national budget relating to the police;

(3) Matters concerning the evaluation of national policies relating to the police;

(4) Matters concerning the police operation relating to the affairs which fall under any of the following items and affect national public safety;

(a) A large-scale disaster which may cause general unrest;

(b) Disturbance which may impair local tranquillity;

(c) Airplane hijacking, intimidation by hostage-taking, possession of explosives and other similar crimes which are in danger of bringing serious effects on international relations and gravely damaging important national interests;

(5) Matters concerning the preparation and execution of plans to cope with the state of emergency provided for in Article 71;

(6) Matters concerning the shift of the police to cope with wide-area organized crime and other cases (hereinafter referred to as "wide-area organized crime, etc.") which fall under any of the following items:

(a) Affairs which cause or are likely to cause damage to the life, person and property of an individual as well as to public safety and order extensively in the country;

(b) Affairs which cause or are likely to cause damage to the life, person and property of a Japanese national as well as an important Japanese interest outside Japan.

(7) Matters concerning traffic control on national highways;

(8) Matters concerning collecting, arrangement and analysis of information related to criminal proceeds as well as dissemination to relevant authorities;

(9) Matters concerning liaison with the International Criminal Police Organization, foreign police administration agencies and other relevant organizations concerning international police;

(10) Matters concerning international criminal investigation assistance;

(11) Matters concerning international emergency relief activities;

(12) Matters concerning international cooperation relating to the affairs within its functions;

(13) Matters concerning the statement of opinions and other activities pursuant to the Special Action Law concerning Credit Management and Collection Business (Law No. 126 - 1998);

(14) Matters concerning the statement of opinions and other activities pursuant to the Law concerning the Regulation of Organizations Which Have Committed An Act of Indiscriminate Mass Murder (Law No. 147 - 1999);

(15) Matters concerning the Imperial Guard;

(16) Matters concerning the maintenance and management of police educational facilities and other matters relating to police education;

(17) Matters concerning the maintenance and management of police communication facilities and other matters relating to police communication;

(18) Matters concerning the analysis of electronic information processing systems and electro-magnetic records (such records