Article 9The amount of fees for the creation of notarial instruments pertaining to a juridical act is as provided for in the right hand column of the appended table corresponding to the category of the value of the subject matter of the juridical act listed in the middle column of the table except as otherwise provided for by this Cabinet Order.

Article 10The value of the subject matter of a juridical act is the value at the time when a notary starts the creation of a notarial instrument.

Article 11The value of the subject matter of a juridical act pertaining to performance is the amount specified in each of the following items according to the categories set forth respectively in these items:

Article 12(1)When a juridical act is to establish security (excluding enterprise mortgage; the same applies hereinafter), the value of the performance is the value of the subject matter of the security or the amount of the secured claim, whichever is smaller.

(2)When a juridical act is to transfer the security, the value of the performance is the value of the subject matter of the security, the value of the secured claim, or the amount of the claim to be secured by transfer of security, whichever is the smallest.

(3)When a juridical act is to transfer the order of security, the value of the performance is the value of the subject matter of security, the amount of debt pertaining to the security that is to obtain a priority order by the transfer of the order of security or the amount of debt pertaining to the security that is to lose a priority order thereby, whichever is the smallest.

Article 13(1)When a juridical act is to obtain periodic performance, the value of the performance is the total amount of the value for the entire period; provided, however, that it may not exceed the total amount of the value of performance for five years as to a lease of immovable property and an employment that is not for the purpose of apprenticeship in commerce and industry, and 10 years for other juridical acts.

(2)If a period for the periodic performance set forth in the preceding paragraph is not provided, the value of the performance is the total amount of the value of the payment for the period respectively according to the distinction of juridical acts provided for in the proviso to the paragraph.

(3)If all of the performance to be made by parties for a juridical act set forth in paragraph (1) are not for money and the performance to be made by the other party is not a periodic performance, the value of the performance to be made by the other party is deemed to be the same as the value of periodic performance.

Article 14If the value of the only of the performance for a juridical act to be made by one of the parties cannot be calculated pertaining to the performance , the value of the performance is deemed to be the same as the value of the performance to be made by the other party; provided, however, that if it is obvious that the lowest value of the performance to be made by one of the parties exceeds the value of the performance to be paid by the other party, the value of the performance is the lowest value; and if it is obvious that the highest value of the performance to be made by one of the parties is less than the value of the performance to be made by the other party, the value of the performance is the highest value.

Article 15If fruits, compensation for damages, penalties, or expenses are the incidental subject matters of a juridical act, these values are not included in the value of the subject matter of the juridical act.

Article 16If the value of the subject matter of a juridical act is impossible to calculate, the value of the subject matter of the juridical act is deemed to be five million yen; provided, however, that if it is obvious that the lowest value of the subject matter of the juridical act exceeds five million yen, the value of the subject matter is the lowest value, and if the highest value of the subject matter of the juridical act is less than five million yen, the value of the subject matter is the highest value.

Article 17The amount of fees for the creation of notarial instruments pertaining to approval, permission, or agreement, or to cancellation of an agreement that neither party has not implemented is 11,000 yen; provided, however, that if the amount corresponding to half(5/10) of the amount listed in the right-hand column of the appended table with respect to the juridical act pertaining to the notarial instrument respectively according to the category of the value of the subject matter of the juridical acts listed in the middle column of the appended table is less than 11,000 yen, the value of fees is the smaller amount.

Article 18The amount of fees for the creation of a proxy is 7,000 yen.

Article 19(1)The value of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument of will (excluding those pertaining to a supplement or correction of a will) is the amount adding 11,000 yen to the amount under the provisions of Article 9; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the value of the subject matter of the will exceeds 100 million yen.

(2)The amount of fees for the creation of notarial instruments to cancel all or part of a will is 11,000 yen.In this case, the provisions of the proviso to Article 17 apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 20The amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to the resolution of a shareholders' meeting or other meeting is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 26.

Article 21(1)The amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument of an agreement for establishment of an enterprise mortgage is 110,000 yen.

(2)The amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument of an agreement for a change in an enterprise mortgage is 45,000 yen.

Article 22(1)The amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to the establishment of rules pursuant to Article 32 of the Act on Building Unit Ownership, etc. (Act No. 69 of 1962) is the amount specified in each of the following items according to the category listed in the items respectively:

(2)The value of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to establishment of rules pursuant to Article 67, paragraph (2) of the Act on Building Unit Ownership, etc. is the amount specified in each of the following items according to the category listed in the items respectively:

(3)Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to the establishment of rules pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Building Unit Ownership, etc. is the amount pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

(4)With respect to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to multiple buildings in one housing complex, if all of the multiple buildings in one housing complex are buildings other than those with exclusive elements, the number of those buildings is deemed to be the number of exclusive elements; and if parts of multiple buildings in one housing complex are buildings other than those with exclusive elements, the total of the number of these buildings and the number of exclusive elements are deemed to be the number of exclusive elements.

(5)The amount of the fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to a change in the rules provided for in paragraphs (1) through (3) is the same amount of the fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to the establishment of rules; provided, however, that if the notarial instrument pertaining to the establishment of rules is created at the notary's office, the fee is half(5/10) of the amount (if half of the amount is less than 23,000 yen, the fee is 23,000 yen).

(6)The amount of the fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to abolishment of the rules provided for in paragraphs (1) through (3) is 11,000 yen.

Article 23(1)If a notarial instrument is created for a secondary juridical act along with a principal juridical act, the amount of fees is calculated based on the principal juridical act.

(2)With respect to application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the case of creating a notarial instrument for a juridical act for establishment of security along with a juridical act pertaining a debt to be secured, the value of the subject matter of the principle juridical act is the total of the amount of the debt to be secured and half (5/10) of the value of the subject matter of security or the amount of debt to be secured, whichever the smaller.

(3)If a notarial instrument is created for an agreement for establishment of an enterprise mortgage along with a juridical act pertaining to a debt to be secured, the amount of the fees is the amount adding 55,000 yen to the amount under the provisions of Article 9 for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining only to the juridical act pertaining to the debt to be secured notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1); provided, however, that the amount is not less than the amount under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1).

Article 24(1)The amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to a supplement or correction of a juridical act (excluding those provided for in the following paragraph) is half (5/10) of the amount pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 the value of the subject matter of the supplement or correction of the juridical act is set to be the value of the subject matter of a juridical act, if the notarial instrument pertaining to the juridical act was created at the notary's office.

(2)The amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to supplement or correction of the juridical act provided for in Articles 17, Article 18, Article 19, paragraph (2), Article 21, and Article 22 is half (5/10) of the amount of the fees for the creation of the notarial instrument pertaining to the juridical act; provided, however, that if the notarial instrument pertaining to the juridical act was created at the notary's office, the amount is two and a half-tenths (2.5/10) of the amount of the fees for the creation of the notarial instrument pertaining to the juridical act.

Article 25With respect to the fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to a juridical act, if the number of pages of a notarial instrument exceeds four pages (in cases of a notarial instrument in horizontal writing as provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice) by the calculation method of pages as provided for by Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice, 250 yen is added for every sheet exceeding the four pages.

Article 26The amount of fees for the creation of a notarial instrument pertaining to a fact that does not involve a juridical act is 11,000 yen for each period of up to one hour required for empirical testing of facts, recording that testing, and statement of the experiment method (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Time Required for the Empirical Testing of Fact, etc.") except as otherwise provided for by this Cabinet Order.

Article 27The amount of fees for the creation of a receipt or protest is 7,000 yen.

Article 28The amount of fees for a statement pertaining to the formalities for a will by sealed and notarized document is 11,000 yen.

Article 29When a notarial instrument is created for two or more relevant facts that do not involve juridical acts together, the amount of the fees is 11,000 yen for each period of up to one hour out of the total Time Required for the Empirical Testing of Fact, etc. pertaining to the facts that do not involve juridical acts; provided, however that if the calculated amount exceeds the total amount under the provisions of Articles 26 or 27 for the facts that do not involve juridical acts, the amount of the fees is the total amount.

Article 30If an empirical testing of fact that does not involve a juridical act is implemented on Sunday or another general holiday or any time from seven o'clock in the evening to seven o'clock the following morning, half (5/10) of the amount of the fees under the provisions of Article 26 through the preceding Articles is added to the fees.

Article 31When a notarial instrument is created together for a juridical act and for a fact relevant thereto that does not involve a juridical act, the amount of the fees is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 26 in accordance with the total time required for the creation of the notarial instrument pertaining to the juridical act and the Time Required for the Empirical Testing of Fact , etc. pertaining to the fact that does not involve the juridical act; provided, however, that when the calculated amount ( if the provisions of the preceding Article apply to the fact that do not involve the juridical act, including the additional amount pursuant to the provisions of the Article) is less than the amount of the fees for the creation of the notarial instrument pertaining only to the juridical act, the amount of the fees is the amount of fees for the creation of the notarial instrument pertaining only to the juridical act.

Article 32If a notarial instrument is created a client's sickbed, half (5/10) of the amount of fees under the provisions of the preceding two Sections (in cases of applying the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1), Article 25, or Article 30, the amount before the addition under these provisions) is added to the original amount.

Article 33If a notary stops handling processes pertaining to the creation of a notarial instrument at the request of a client after the notary started the operation or if a notary cannot complete the operation due to grounds attributable to the client or other than those in attendance, the notary may receive fees of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 26 (if the provisions of Article 30 apply with respect to a fact that does not involve a juridical act, including the additional amount under the provisions of the Article) according to the time required for handling the processes; provided, however, that the notary may not receive fees exceeding the amount of the fees when the creation of the notarial instrument is completed.