(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may ask employers and retirement pension trustees to report the implementation status, etc. of their retirement pension plans or to submit related documents or to require relevant persons to appear in person within the extent necessary to implement this Act.
(2) If the Minister of Employment and Labor deems it necessary to implement this Act, he or she may authorize his or her officials to access a workplace implementing a retirement pension plan or a workplace of the relevant retirement pension trustee and ask questions to persons concerned, including the employer and the retirement pension trustee, or investigate documents, such as accounting books.
(3) A public official who intends to have access to a workplace or a workplace of the relevant retirement pension trustee and ask a question of the person concerned or inspect books and other documents under paragraph (2) shall carry a certificate indicating his or her authority and produce it to the related persons.