第一条戸籍に関する事務は、この法律に別段の定めがあるものを除き、市町村長がこれを管掌する。

Article 1(1)Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, processes related to family registers are administered by the mayor of a municipality.

２前項の規定により市町村長が処理することとされている事務は、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務とする。

(2)The processes to be handled by the mayor of a municipality pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are Type I statutory entrusted processes as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).

第二条市町村長は、自己又はその配偶者、直系尊属若しくは直系卑属に関する戸籍事件については、その職務を行うことができない。

Article 2The mayor of a municipality may not perform their duties with regard to any event involving a family register concerning themselves, their spouse, lineal ascendants, or lineal descendants.

第三条法務大臣は、市町村長が戸籍事務を処理するに当たりよるべき基準を定めることができる。

Article 3(1)The Minister of Justice may set standards with which the mayor of a municipality must comply in the course of handling any processes for family registers.

２市役所又は町村役場の所在地を管轄する法務局又は地方法務局の長（以下「管轄法務局長等」という。）は、戸籍事務の処理に関し必要があると認めるときは、市町村長に対し、報告を求め、又は助言若しくは勧告をすることができる。この場合において、戸籍事務の処理の適正を確保するため特に必要があると認めるときは、指示をすることができる。

(2)If the director of a legal affairs bureau or district legal affairs bureau with jurisdiction over the location of a city office or town or village office (referred to below as the "director with jurisdiction") finds it necessary in order to handle processes for family registers, the director may request reports from or give advice or make recommendations to the mayor of a municipality. In this case, the director may give instructions to the mayor if the director finds it particularly necessary in order to ensure proper handling of processes for family registers.

３管轄法務局長等は、市町村長から戸籍事務の取扱いに関する照会を受けたときその他前項の規定による助言若しくは勧告又は指示をするために必要があると認めるときは、届出人、届出事件の本人その他の関係者に対し、質問をし、又は必要な書類の提出を求めることができる。

(3)If the director with jurisdiction receives an inquiry for confirmation concerning the handling of processes for family registers from the mayor of a municipality or otherwise finds it necessary in order to give advice, recommendations, or instructions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the director may ask questions or request submission of necessary documents to the notifying person, the party to the event under notification, or other relevant persons.

４戸籍事務については、地方自治法第二百四十五条の四、第二百四十五条の七第二項第一号、第三項及び第四項、第二百四十五条の八第十二項及び第十三項並びに第二百四十五条の九第二項第一号、第三項及び第四項の規定は、適用しない。

(4)The provisions of Article 245-4, Article 245-7, paragraph (2), item (i), and paragraphs (3) and (4), Article 245-8, paragraphs (12) and (13), and Article 245-9, paragraph (2), item (i), and paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Local Autonomy Act do not apply to processes for family registers.

第四条この法律中、市長及び市役所に関する規定は、特別区においては特別区、特別区の区長及び特別区の区役所に、地方自治法第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市においては区及び総合区、区長及び総合区長並びに区及び総合区の区役所にこれを準用する。

Article 4In the cases of special wards, the provisions of this Act concerning city mayors and city offices apply mutatis mutandis to special wards, special ward mayors, and special ward offices; and those provisions apply mutatis mutandis to wards, administratively consolidated wards, ward mayors, administratively consolidated ward mayors, ward offices, and administratively consolidated wards offices in the case of designated cities referred to in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act.

第五条削除

Article 5Deleted

第六条戸籍は、市町村の区域内に本籍を定める一の夫婦及びこれと氏を同じくする子ごとに、これを編製する。ただし、日本人でない者（以下「外国人」という。）と婚姻をした者又は配偶者がない者について新たに戸籍を編製するときは、その者及びこれと氏を同じくする子ごとに、これを編製する。

Article 6A family register is created for each unit consisting of a husband and wife, and any children with the same surname, who have their registered domicile within the area of a municipality;provided, however, that when a new family register is created for a person who has entered into marriage with a person who is not a Japanese national (referred to below as a "foreign national"), or for a person who does not have a spouse, it is created for each unit consisting of the person in question and any children with the same surname.

第七条戸籍は、これをつづつて帳簿とする。

Article 7Family registers are compiled into a registry.

第八条戸籍は、正本と副本を設ける。

Article 8(1)An original and a duplicate is made for each family register.

２正本は、これを市役所又は町村役場に備え、副本は、管轄法務局若しくは地方法務局又はその支局がこれを保存する。

(2)The original is kept at the city office or town or village office, and the duplicate is preserved by the competent legal affairs bureau or district legal affairs bureau or a related branch office.

第九条戸籍は、その筆頭に記載した者の氏名及び本籍でこれを表示する。その者が戸籍から除かれた後も、同様である。

Article 9A family register is identified by the name and registered domicile of the person entered at the head of the register. The family register continues to be identified by this person even after the relevant person's name has been removed from the family register.

第十条戸籍に記載されている者（その戸籍から除かれた者（その者に係る全部の記載が市町村長の過誤によつてされたものであつて、当該記載が第二十四条第二項の規定によつて訂正された場合におけるその者を除く。）を含む。）又はその配偶者、直系尊属若しくは直系卑属は、その戸籍の謄本若しくは抄本又は戸籍に記載した事項に関する証明書（以下「戸籍謄本等」という。）の交付の請求をすることができる。

Article 10(1)A person entered in a family register (including a person whose name has been removed from the family register (excluding a person for whom all of the entries the register have been made based on the error of the mayor of a municipality and then corrected pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2))), or their spouse, lineal ascendant, or lineal descendant may request the issuance of a transcript or extract of the family register, or a certificate of the particulars entered in the family register (referred to below as a "family register transcript, extract or certificate").

２市町村長は、前項の請求が不当な目的によることが明らかなときは、これを拒むことができる。

(2)The mayor of a municipality may refuse the request referred to in the preceding paragraph if it is clear that the request has been made for an unjust purpose.

３第一項の請求をしようとする者は、郵便その他の法務省令で定める方法により、戸籍謄本等の送付を求めることができる。

(3)A person who seeks to make the request referred to in paragraph (1) may request that the family register transcript, extract or certificate be sent to them by postal mail or by any other method specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

第十条の二前条第一項に規定する者以外の者は、次の各号に掲げる場合に限り、戸籍謄本等の交付の請求をすることができる。この場合において、当該請求をする者は、それぞれ当該各号に定める事項を明らかにしてこれをしなければならない。

Article 10-2(1)A person other than the person prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate only in the cases listed in the following items.In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify the particulars specified in those items:

２前項の規定にかかわらず、国又は地方公共団体の機関は、法令の定める事務を遂行するために必要がある場合には、戸籍謄本等の交付の請求をすることができる。この場合において、当該請求の任に当たる権限を有する職員は、その官職、当該事務の種類及び根拠となる法令の条項並びに戸籍の記載事項の利用の目的を明らかにしてこれをしなければならない。

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a national or local government agency may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if the agency needs it in order to perform processes prescribed by law and regulations.In this case, the official with the authority to take charge of making the request must clarify their government position, the type of processes, and the clauses of the governing law and regulations that constitute the grounds for performing processes, as well as the purpose for which the particulars entered in the family register will be used.

３第一項の規定にかかわらず、弁護士（弁護士法人及び弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、司法書士（司法書士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、土地家屋調査士（土地家屋調査士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、税理士（税理士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、社会保険労務士（社会保険労務士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、弁理士（弁理士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、海事代理士又は行政書士（行政書士法人を含む。）は、受任している事件又は事務に関する業務を遂行するために必要がある場合には、戸籍謄本等の交付の請求をすることができる。この場合において、当該請求をする者は、その有する資格、当該業務の種類、当該事件又は事務の依頼者の氏名又は名称及び当該依頼者についての第一項各号に定める事項を明らかにしてこれをしなければならない。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), an attorney (including a legal professional corporation or attorney at law/registered foreign lawyer joint corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a judicial scrivener (including a judicial scrivener corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a land and buildings investigator (including a land and buildings investigator corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a certified public tax accountant (including a tax accountancy corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a public consultant on social and labor insurance (including a corporation of public consultants on social and labor insurance; the same applies in the following paragraph), a patent attorney (including a patent attorney corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a marine procedure commission agent, or a certified administrative procedures legal specialist (including a certified administrative procedures legal specialist corporation) may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if they require it in order to execute business concerning a case or function that they have undertaken.In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify their qualifications, the type of the business, the name of the client of the case or function, and the particulars prescribed in the items of paragraph (1) regarding the relevant client.

４第一項及び前項の規定にかかわらず、弁護士、司法書士、土地家屋調査士、税理士、社会保険労務士又は弁理士は、受任している事件について次に掲げる業務を遂行するために必要がある場合には、戸籍謄本等の交付の請求をすることができる。この場合において、当該請求をする者は、その有する資格、当該事件の種類、その業務として代理し又は代理しようとする手続及び戸籍の記載事項の利用の目的を明らかにしてこれをしなければならない。

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, an attorney, judicial scrivener, land and buildings investigator, certified public tax accountant, social insurance and labor public consultant, or patent attorney may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if they require it in order to conduct the following business with regard to a case that they have undertaken.In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify their qualification, the type of the case, the procedures which they are carrying out or seek to carry out as an agent in the course of their business, and the purpose of use of the particulars entered in the family register:

５第一項及び第三項の規定にかかわらず、弁護士は、刑事に関する事件における弁護人としての業務、少年の保護事件若しくは心神喪失等の状態で重大な他害行為を行った者の医療及び観察等に関する法律（平成十五年法律第百十号）第三条に規定する処遇事件における付添人としての業務、逃亡犯罪人引渡審査請求事件における補佐人としての業務、人身保護法（昭和二十三年法律第百九十九号）第十四条第二項の規定により裁判所が選任した代理人としての業務、人事訴訟法（平成十五年法律第百九号）第十三条第二項及び第三項の規定により裁判長が選任した訴訟代理人としての業務又は民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三十五条第一項に規定する特別代理人としての業務を遂行するために必要がある場合には、戸籍謄本等の交付の請求をすることができる。この場合において、当該請求をする者は、弁護士の資格、これらの業務の別及び戸籍の記載事項の利用の目的を明らかにしてこれをしなければならない。

(5)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3), an attorney may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if the attorney needs it in order to perform their services in acting as a defense counsel in a criminal case, in acting as an attendant in a juvenile protection case or a treatment case prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Harm to Others While in a State of Insanity (Act No. 110 of 2003), in acting as an assistant in court in a case involving a request for examination on the extradition of a fugitive, in acting as an agent appointed by the court pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act on Protection of Personal Liberty (Act No. 199 of 1948), in acting as a counsel appointed by the presiding judge pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Personal Status Litigation Act (Act No. 109 of 2003), or in acting as a special agent prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996).In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify their qualifications as an attorney, the category of services concerned, and the purpose for which the particulars entered in the family register will be used.

６前条第三項の規定は、前各項の請求をしようとする者について準用する。

(6)The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who seeks to make a request referred to in the preceding paragraphs.

第十条の三第十条第一項又は前条第一項から第五項までの請求をする場合において、現に請求の任に当たつている者は、市町村長に対し、運転免許証を提示する方法その他の法務省令で定める方法により、当該請求の任に当たつている者を特定するために必要な氏名その他の法務省令で定める事項を明らかにしなければならない。

Article 10-3(1)When making a request prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1), or paragraphs (1) through (5) of the preceding Article, the person taking charge of making the request must clarify their name and other particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order that are necessary for identifying themselves to the mayor of a municipality, by showing their driver's license or by any other method specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

２前項の場合において、現に請求の任に当たつている者が、当該請求をする者（前条第二項の請求にあつては、当該請求の任に当たる権限を有する職員。以下この項及び次条において「請求者」という。）の代理人であるときその他請求者と異なる者であるときは、当該請求の任に当たつている者は、市町村長に対し、法務省令で定める方法により、請求者の依頼又は法令の規定により当該請求の任に当たるものであることを明らかにする書面を提供しなければならない。

(2)For the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the person taking charge of making the request is an agent of the person making the request (or for the case of the request referred to in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the person taking charge of making the request is an agent of the official with the authority to do so; referred to below as the "requesting person" in this paragraph and the following Article) or any person other than the requesting person, the person who is taking charge of making the request must submit to the mayor of a municipality a document clarifying that they are taking charge of making the request at the requesting person's direction or pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations, by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

第十条の四市町村長は、第十条の二第一項から第五項までの請求がされた場合において、これらの規定により請求者が明らかにしなければならない事項が明らかにされていないと認めるときは、当該請求者に対し、必要な説明を求めることができる。

Article 10-4If the request referred to in Article 10-2, paragraphs (1) through (5) has been made, and the mayor of a municipality finds that the particulars that the requesting person is required to clarify pursuant to these provisions have not been clarified, they may ask for the necessary explanations from the requesting person.

第十一条戸籍簿の全部又は一部が、滅失したとき、又は滅失のおそれがあるときは、法務大臣は、その再製又は補完について必要な処分を指示する。この場合において、滅失したものであるときは、その旨を告示しなければならない。

Article 11If all or part of a family register book is lost or is likely to be lost, the Minister of Justice must give instructions to take the necessary measures for its replication or supplementation.In this case, if a family registry is lost, the Minister of Justice must give public notice to that effect.

第十一条の二虚偽の届出等（届出、報告、申請、請求若しくは嘱託、証書若しくは航海日誌の謄本又は裁判をいう。以下この項において同じ。）若しくは錯誤による届出等又は市町村長の過誤によつて記載がされ、かつ、その記載につき第二十四条第二項、第百十三条、第百十四条又は第百十六条の規定によつて訂正がされた戸籍について、当該戸籍に記載されている者（その戸籍から除かれた者を含む。次項において同じ。）から、当該訂正に係る事項の記載のない戸籍の再製の申出があつたときは、法務大臣は、その再製について必要な処分を指示する。ただし、再製によつて記載に錯誤又は遺漏がある戸籍となるときは、この限りでない。

Article 11-2(1)If an entry in a family register has been made based on a false notification or other related action (meaning a notification, a report, an application, a request, entrustment, issuance of a certified copy of a certificate or logbook, or the rendering of a judicial decision; the same applies below in this paragraph), based on a notification or other related action that was made by mistake, or due to an error that the mayor of a municipality made, and the entry has been corrected pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2), Article 113, Article 114, or Article 116, and if a person entered in that family register (including a person whose name has been removed from that family register; the same applies in the following paragraph) requests the replication of an abridged edition of the family register without the entries containing the particulars subject to the corrections, the Minister of Justice must give instructions to take the necessary measures for that replication;provided, however, that this does not apply when a replicated family register contains errors or omissions in its entries.

２市町村長が記載をするに当たつて文字の訂正、追加又は削除をした戸籍について、当該戸籍に記載されている者から、当該訂正、追加又は削除に係る事項の記載のない戸籍の再製の申出があつたときも、前項本文と同様とする。

(2)The provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph also apply if the mayor of a municipality has corrected, added, or deleted any characters in a family register when making an entry in it, and a person entered in the family register requests the replication of an abridged edition of the family register without the entries containing the particulars subject to that correction, addition, or deletion.

第十二条一戸籍内の全員をその戸籍から除いたときは、その戸籍は、これを戸籍簿から除いて別につづり、除籍簿として、これを保存する。

Article 12(1)If the names of all of the persons in a family register are removed, the family register is removed from the relevant family register book and compiled into another registry, which is preserved as a registry of removed family registers.

２第九条、第十一条及び前条の規定は、除籍簿及び除かれた戸籍について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 9, Article 11, and the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a registry of removed family registers and to those family registers removed.

第十二条の二第十条から第十条の四までの規定は、除かれた戸籍の謄本若しくは抄本又は除かれた戸籍に記載した事項に関する証明書（以下「除籍謄本等」という。）の交付の請求をする場合に準用する。

Article 12-2The provisions of Articles 10 through 10-4 apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the issuance of a transcript or extract of a removed family register or a certificate of the particulars entered in a removed family register (referred to below as a "transcript, extract, or certificate of a removed family register") is requested.

第十三条戸籍には、本籍のほか、戸籍内の各人について、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。

Article 13(1)In addition to the registered domicile, the following particulars must be entered in a family register for each person in the family register:

２前項第二号の読み方は、氏名として用いられる文字の読み方として一般に認められているものでなければならない。

(2)The pronunciation referred to in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph must be the generally accepted pronunciation of the characters when used as part of a name.

３氏名の振り仮名に用いることができる仮名及び記号の範囲は、法務省令で定める。

(3)The range of the characters and marks that may be used as the kana characters for names is specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

第十四条氏名を記載するには、左の順序による。

Article 14(1)Names are entered in the following order:

第一　夫婦が、夫の氏を称するときは夫、妻の氏を称するときは妻

First: the name of the husband when the husband and wife take the husband's surname, or the name of the wife when they take the wife's surname;

第二　配偶者

Second: the name of the spouse;

第三　子

Third: the names of any children.

２子の間では、出生の前後による。

(2)The names of any children are entered in the order of their birth.

３戸籍を編製した後にその戸籍に入るべき原因が生じた者については、戸籍の末尾にこれを記載する。

(3)The name of a person for whom the reason to join a family register happened after the family register was created is entered at the end of the family register.

第十五条戸籍の記載は、届出、報告、申請、請求若しくは嘱託、証書若しくは航海日誌の謄本又は裁判によつてこれをする。

Article 15Entries in a family register are made based on a notification, a report, an application, a request, entrustment, a certified copy of a certificate or logbook, or a judicial decision.

第十六条婚姻の届出があつたときは、夫婦について新戸籍を編製する。但し、夫婦が、夫の氏を称する場合に夫、妻の氏を称する場合に妻が戸籍の筆頭に記載した者であるときは、この限りでない。

Article 16(1)When a notification of marriage is made, a new family register is created for the husband and wife;provided, however, that this does not apply if the husband and wife take the husband's surname and the husband's name is entered as the head of his family register, or if they take the wife's surname and the wife's name is entered as the head of her family register.

２前項但書の場合には、夫の氏を称する妻は、夫の戸籍に入り、妻の氏を称する夫は、妻の戸籍に入る。

(2)In the case referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the wife who takes her husband's surname joins the husband's family register, and the husband who takes his wife's surname joins the wife's family register.

３日本人と外国人との婚姻の届出があつたときは、その日本人について新戸籍を編製する。ただし、その者が戸籍の筆頭に記載した者であるときは、この限りでない。

(3)When a notification of marriage between a Japanese national and a foreign national is made, a new family register is created for the Japanese national;provided, however, that this does not apply if the Japanese national is entered as the head of their family register.

第十七条戸籍の筆頭に記載した者及びその配偶者以外の者がこれと同一の氏を称する子又は養子を有するに至つたときは、その者について新戸籍を編製する。

Article 17When a person other than the person entered at the head of a family register and their spouse comes to have a child or adopts a child who takes the same surname as them, a new family register is created for that person.

第十八条父母の氏を称する子は、父母の戸籍に入る。

Article 18(1)A child who takes the surname of their parents joins the parents' family register.

２前項の場合を除く外、父の氏を称する子は、父の戸籍に入り、母の氏を称する子は、母の戸籍に入る。

(2)Except for the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a child who takes the surname of their father joins the father's family register, and a child who takes the surname of their mother joins the mother's family register.

３養子は、養親の戸籍に入る。

(3)An adopted child joins the family register of their adoptive parents.

第十九条婚姻又は養子縁組によつて氏を改めた者が、離婚、離縁又は婚姻若しくは縁組の取消によつて、婚姻又は縁組前の氏に復するときは、婚姻又は縁組前の戸籍に入る。但し、その戸籍が既に除かれているとき、又はその者が新戸籍編製の申出をしたときは、新戸籍を編製する。

Article 19(1)If a person who has taken a new surname as a result of marriage or adoption reverts to the surname used before the marriage or adoption as a result of divorce, dissolution of an adoptive relationship, or annulment of the marriage or adoption, that person joins the family register which they joined before the marriage or adoption;provided, however, that if their previous family register has already been removed, or when they request the creation of a new family register, a new family register is created.

２前項の規定は、民法第七百五十一条第一項の規定によつて婚姻前の氏に復する場合及び同法第七百九十一条第四項の規定によつて従前の氏に復する場合にこれを準用する。

(2)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which a person reverts to the surname used before marriage pursuant to the provisions of Article 751, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code, and a person reverts to their previous surname pursuant to the provisions of Article 791, paragraph (4) of the relevant Code.

３民法第七百六十七条第二項（同法第七百四十九条及び第七百七十一条において準用する場合を含む。）又は同法第八百十六条第二項（同法第八百八条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によつて離婚若しくは婚姻の取消し又は離縁若しくは縁組の取消しの際に称していた氏を称する旨の届出があつた場合において、その届出をした者を筆頭に記載した戸籍が編製されていないとき、又はその者を筆頭に記載した戸籍に在る者が他にあるときは、その届出をした者について新戸籍を編製する。

(3)If a notification has been submitted to the effect that a person will use the surname that they used at the time of their divorce or the annulment of marriage, or at the time of the dissolution of their adoptive relationship or the annulment of their adoption pursuant to the provisions of Article 767, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 749 and 771 of the relevant Code) or Article 816, paragraph (2) of the relevant Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 808, paragraph (2) of the relevant Code), and if there is no family register in which the person has been entered as the head, or if any other person is entered in the family register in which the person who has made the notification has been entered as the head, a new family register is created for the person making the notification.

第二十条前二条の規定によつて他の戸籍に入るべき者に配偶者があるときは、前二条の規定にかかわらず、その夫婦について新戸籍を編製する。

Article 20Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two Articles, if a person who is to join another family register pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles has a spouse, a new family register is created for that person and their spouse.

第二十条の二第百七条第二項又は第三項の規定によつて氏を変更する旨の届出があつた場合において、その届出をした者の戸籍に在る者が他にあるときは、その届出をした者について新戸籍を編製する。

Article 20-2(1)If a notification has been submitted to the effect that a person is changing their surname pursuant to the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (2) or (3), and any other person has been entered in the family register of the person who has submitted the notification, a new family register is created for the person who has submitted the notification.

２第百七条第四項において準用する同条第一項の規定によつて氏を変更する旨の届出があつたときは、届出事件の本人について新戸籍を編製する。

(2)If a notification has been submitted to the effect that a person is changing their surname pursuant to the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of the relevant Article, a new family register is created for the party to the event under notification.

第二十条の三第六十八条の二の規定によつて縁組の届出があつたときは、まず養子について新戸籍を編製する。ただし、養子が養親の戸籍に在るときは、この限りでない。

Article 20-3(1)If a notification of adoption has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 68-2, a new family register is first created for the adopted child;provided, however, that this does not apply if the adopted child has been entered in the family register of an adoptive parent.

２第十四条第三項の規定は、前項ただし書の場合に準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 14, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph.

第二十条の四性同一性障害者の性別の取扱いの特例に関する法律（平成十五年法律第百十一号）第三条第一項の規定による性別の取扱いの変更の審判があつた場合において、当該性別の取扱いの変更の審判を受けた者の戸籍に記載されている者（その戸籍から除かれた者を含む。）が他にあるときは、当該性別の取扱いの変更の審判を受けた者について新戸籍を編製する。

Article 20-4If the adjudication of a change of gender designation has been rendered pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Cases Involving the Handling of Gender for People with Gender Identity Disorder (Act No. 111 of 2003), and any other person has been entered in the family register of the person to whom the adjudication of the change of gender designation applies (that other person includes a person whose name has been removed from the family register), a new family register is created for the person to whom the adjudication of the change of gender designation applies.

第二十一条成年に達した者は、分籍をすることができる。但し、戸籍の筆頭に記載した者及びその配偶者は、この限りでない。

Article 21(1)A person who has attained the age of majority may separate from their family register;provided, however, that this does not apply to the person entered as the head of a family register and their spouse.

２分籍の届出があつたときは、新戸籍を編製する。

(2)When a notification of separation from a family register has been submitted, a new family register is created.

第二十二条父又は母の戸籍に入る者を除く外、戸籍に記載がない者についてあらたに戸籍の記載をすべきときは、新戸籍を編製する。

Article 22Except for a person who will join the family register of their father or mother, when a new entry should be made for a person for whom there is no entry in a family register, a new family register is created.

第二十三条第十六条乃至第二十一条の規定によつて、新戸籍を編製され、又は他の戸籍に入る者は、従前の戸籍から除籍される。死亡し、失踪の宣告を受け、又は国籍を失つた者も、同様である。

Article 23The name of a person for whom a new family register will be created or who will join another family register pursuant to the provisions of Articles 16 thorough 21 is removed from their previous family register. The same applies to a person who has died, a person subject to a declaration of presumed death, or a person who has lost Japanese nationality.

第二十四条戸籍の記載が法律上許されないものであること又はその記載に錯誤若しくは遺漏があることを発見した場合には、市町村長は、遅滞なく届出人又は届出事件の本人にその旨を通知しなければならない。ただし、戸籍の記載、届書の記載その他の書類から市町村長において訂正の内容及び事由が明らかであると認めるときは、この限りでない。

Article 24(1)If the mayor of a municipality finds that any entry in a family register that is impermissible under law or any mistake or omission is in the entries in a family register, they must notify the notifying person or the party to the event under notification to that effect without delay;provided, however, that this does not apply if the details of and reasons for the correction are clear to the mayor of a municipality from the entries in the family register, entries in the notification, or other documents.

２前項ただし書の場合においては、市町村長は、管轄法務局長等の許可を得て、戸籍の訂正をすることができる。

(2)In the case referred to in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a municipality may correct the family register with the permission of the director with jurisdiction.

３前項の規定にかかわらず、戸籍の訂正の内容が軽微なものであつて、かつ、戸籍に記載されている者の身分関係についての記載に影響を及ぼさないものについては、同項の許可を要しない。

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the permission referred to in that paragraph is not required for minor revisions to the content of a family register that do not have an impact on the familial relationships of the persons entered in the family register.

４裁判所その他の官庁、検察官又は吏員がその職務上戸籍の記載が法律上許されないものであること又はその記載に錯誤若しくは遺漏があることを知つたときは、遅滞なく届出事件の本人の本籍地の市町村長にその旨を通知しなければならない。

(4)If, in the course of their duty, a court or any other government agency, public prosecutor, or public official has come to know of any entry in a family register that is impermissible under law, or of any mistake or omission in the entries in a family register, they must notify the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the registered domicile of the parties to the event under notification to that effect without delay.

第二十五条届出は、届出事件の本人の本籍地又は届出人の所在地でこれをしなければならない。

Article 25(1)A notification must be submitted in the locality of the registered domicile of any of the parties to the event under notification or in the locality of any of the notifying persons' addresses.

２外国人に関する届出は、届出人の所在地でこれをしなければならない。

(2)A notification involving a foreign national must be submitted in the locality of any of the notifying persons' addresses.

第二十六条本籍が明かでない者又は本籍がない者について、届出があつた後に、その者の本籍が明かになつたとき、又はその者が本籍を有するに至つたときは、届出人又は届出事件の本人は、その事実を知つた日から十日以内に、届出事件を表示して、届出を受理した市町村長にその旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 26If a notification has been submitted with regard to a person whose registered domicile is unclear or who has no registered domicile, and subsequently their registered domicile is clarified or they come to have a registered domicile, the notifying person or the party to the event under notification must make the event under notification clear and file a new notification to that effect with the mayor of a municipality who accepted the first notification, within ten days from the day on which they came to know that fact.

第二十七条届出は、書面又は口頭でこれをすることができる。

Article 27A notification may be submitted in writing or orally.

第二十七条の二市町村長は、届出によつて効力を生ずべき認知、縁組、離縁、婚姻又は離婚の届出（以下この条において「縁組等の届出」という。）が市役所又は町村役場に出頭した者によつてされる場合には、当該出頭した者に対し、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該出頭した者が届出事件の本人（認知にあつては認知する者、民法第七百九十七条第一項に規定する縁組にあつては養親となる者及び養子となる者の法定代理人、同法第八百十一条第二項に規定する離縁にあつては養親及び養子の法定代理人となるべき者とする。次項及び第三項において同じ。）であるかどうかの確認をするため、当該出頭した者を特定するために必要な氏名その他の法務省令で定める事項を示す運転免許証その他の資料の提供又はこれらの事項についての説明を求めるものとする。

Article 27-2(1)If a notification of an acknowledgment of parentage, adoption, dissolution of an adoptive relationship, marriage, or divorce (referred to below as a "notification of adoption or other prescribed actions" in this Article) that will become effective upon notification is submitted by a person who has appeared at a city office or town or village office, the mayor of a municipality is to require the person who has appeared to present their driver's license or any other documentation showing their name and other particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order that are necessary for identifying them, or may require the relevant person to explain these particulars, in order to confirm whether or not the person who has appeared is one of the parties to the event under notification (for an acknowledgment of parentage, the person acknowledging parentage; for an adoption as prescribed in Article 797, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code, the person who will become the adoptive parent and the legal representative of the person who will be adopted; and for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship as prescribed in Article 811, paragraph (2) of the relevant Code, an adoptive parent and the person who is to become the legal representative of the adopted child; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)), as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.

２市町村長は、縁組等の届出があつた場合において、届出事件の本人のうちに、前項の規定による措置によつては市役所又は町村役場に出頭して届け出たことを確認することができない者があるときは、当該縁組等の届出を受理した後遅滞なく、その者に対し、法務省令で定める方法により、当該縁組等の届出を受理したことを通知しなければならない。

(2)If a notification of adoption or other prescribed action has been submitted, and the mayor of a municipality is unable to confirm, by taking the measures under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, that one of the parties to the event under notification has appeared at the city office or town or village office and submitted the notification, the mayor must notify the relevant party without delay after accepting the notification and by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order that the mayor has accepted the notification of the adoption or other prescribed action.

３何人も、その本籍地の市町村長に対し、あらかじめ、法務省令で定める方法により、自らを届出事件の本人とする縁組等の届出がされた場合であつても、自らが市役所又は町村役場に出頭して届け出たことを第一項の規定による措置により確認することができないときは当該縁組等の届出を受理しないよう申し出ることができる。

(3)Any person may make a request to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of their registered domicile, in advance and by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, that even if a notification of adoption or other prescribed action has been submitted with regard to an event under notification to which they are a party, that the mayor of a municipality not accept the relevant notification if it is not possible to confirm through the measures under paragraph (1) that they themselves have appeared at the city office or town or village office to submit the notification.

４市町村長は、前項の規定による申出に係る縁組等の届出があつた場合において、当該申出をした者が市役所又は町村役場に出頭して届け出たことを第一項の規定による措置により確認することができなかつたときは、当該縁組等の届出を受理することができない。

(4)If a notification of adoption or other prescribed action related to a request under the preceding paragraph has been submitted, and the mayor of a municipality is unable to confirm, by taking the measures under paragraph (1), that the person making the request has appeared at the city office or town or village office to submit the notification, the mayor may not accept the notification.

５市町村長は、前項の規定により縁組等の届出を受理することができなかつた場合は、遅滞なく、第三項の規定による申出をした者に対し、法務省令で定める方法により、当該縁組等の届出があつたことを通知しなければならない。

(5)If the mayor of a municipality is not permitted to accept a notification of adoption or other prescribed actions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor, without delay and by a method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, must notify the person who made a request under paragraph (3) that the notification of the adoption or other prescribed actions has been submitted.

第二十七条の三市町村長は、次の各号のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、届出人、届出事件の本人その他の関係者に対し、質問をし、又は必要な書類の提出を求めることができる。

Article 27-3If the mayor of a municipality finds that the circumstances fall under any of the following items, regarding the notifying person, parties to the event under notification, or other relevant persons, the mayor may ask them questions or request that they submit necessary documents.

第二十八条法務大臣は、事件の種類によつて、届書の様式を定めることができる。

Article 28(1)The Minister of Justice may specify the forms for notifications by type of event.

２前項の場合には、その事件の届出は、当該様式によつてこれをしなければならない。但し、やむを得ない事由があるときは、この限りでない。

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a notification for each type of event is submitted using the relevant forms;provided, however, that this does not apply if there are any unavoidable grounds for the failure to conform with those forms.

第二十九条届書には、次に掲げる事項を記載し、届出人が、これに署名しなければならない。

Article 29The following particulars must be stated in a written notification, and the notifying person must affix their signature to it:

第三十条届出事件によつて、届出人又は届出事件の本人が他の戸籍に入るべきときは、その戸籍の表示を、その者が従前の戸籍から除かれるべきときは、従前の戸籍の表示を、その者について新戸籍を編製すべきときは、その旨、新戸籍編製の原因及び新本籍を、届書に記載しなければならない。

Article 30(1)As a result of an event under notification, if the name of the notifying person or of the party to the event under notification should be entered in another family register, information identifying the first family register must be entered in the written notification; if the name of the notifying person or the party should be removed from their previous family register, information identifying the previous family register must be entered in the written notification; and if a new family register should be created for the notifying person or the party, the reason for the creation of a new family register and the new registered domicile must be entered in the written notification.

２届出事件によつて、届出人若しくは届出事件の本人でない者が他の戸籍に入り、又はその者について新戸籍を編製すべきときは、届書にその者の氏名、出生の年月日及び住所を記載する外、その者が他の戸籍に入るか又はその者について新戸籍を編製するかの区別に従つて、前項に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。

(2)As a result of an event under notification, if a person other than the notifying person or the party to the event under notification should be entered in another family register or if a new family register should be created for the person in question, in addition to their name, date of birth, and address of the person being entered in the written notification, the particulars listed in the preceding paragraph must be entered in it, depending on whether the person in question is being entered into another family register or a new family register is being created for the person in question.

３届出人でない者について新戸籍を編製すべきときは、その者の従前の本籍と同一の場所を新本籍と定めたものとみなす。

(3)If a new family register should be created for a person other than the notifying person, the same location as the person's previously registered domicile is deemed to have been designated as their new registered domicile.

第三十一条届出をすべき者が未成年者又は成年被後見人であるときは、親権を行う者又は後見人を届出義務者とする。ただし、未成年者又は成年被後見人が届出をすることを妨げない。

Article 31(1)If the person who is required to submit a notification is a minor or adult ward, a person with parental authority over the relevant person or the relevant person's guardian is the one who has the duty to submit the notification;provided, however, that this does not preclude a minor or adult ward from submitting the notification themselves.

２親権を行う者又は後見人が届出をする場合には、届書に次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。

(2)If a person with parental authority or a guardian submits a notification, they must enter the following particulars in the written notification:

第三十二条未成年者又は成年被後見人がその法定代理人の同意を得ないですることができる行為については、未成年者又は成年被後見人が、これを届け出なければならない。

Article 32With regard to any act that a minor or adult ward may perform without obtaining the consent of their statutory agent, the minor or adult ward is to submit a notification themselves.

第三十三条証人を必要とする事件の届出については、証人は、届書に出生の年月日、住所及び本籍を記載して署名しなければならない。

Article 33If a witness is needed for a written notification of an event to be submitted, the witness must state their date of birth, address, and registered domicile in the written notification, and affix their signature to it.

第三十四条届書に記載すべき事項であつて、存しないもの又は知れないものがあるときは、その旨を記載しなければならない。

Article 34(1)If there are any particulars which should be entered in a written notification but which do not exist or which are not known, the fact must be entered in it.

２市町村長は、特に重要であると認める事項を記載しない届書を受理することができない。

(2)The mayor of a municipality may not accept a written notification that does not include particulars that the mayor finds to be particularly important.

第三十五条届書には、この法律その他の法令に定める事項の外、戸籍に記載すべき事項を明かにするために必要であるものは、これを記載しなければならない。

Article 35In addition to the particulars provided for in this Act and other laws and regulations, anything that is necessary for clarifying the particulars that should be entered in a family register is entered in a written notification.

第三十六条二箇所以上の市役所又は町村役場で戸籍の記載をすべき場合には、市役所又は町村役場の数と同数の届書を提出しなければならない。

Article 36(1)If an entry in a family register should be made at two or more city offices or town or village offices, written notifications must be submitted in the same number as that of the city office or town or village offices concerned.

２本籍地外で届出をするときは、前項の規定によるものの外、なお、一通の届書を提出しなければならない。

(2)If a notification is submitted in a location other than the locality of the registered domicile, another written notification must be submitted in addition to those to be submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

３前二項の場合に、相当と認めるときは、市町村長は、届書の謄本を作り、これを届書に代えることができる。

(3)In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the mayor of municipality must make a certified copy of a written notification and substitute it for the written notification, if they find it appropriate to do so.

第三十七条口頭で届出をするには、届出人は、市役所又は町村役場に出頭し、届書に記載すべき事項を陳述しなければならない。

Article 37(1)In order to submit a notification orally, the notifying person must appear at the city office or town or village office and make an oral statement of the particulars that should be entered in a written notification.

２市町村長は、届出人の陳述を筆記し、届出の年月日を記載して、これを届出人に読み聞かせ、かつ、届出人に、その書面に署名させなければならない。

(2)The mayor of municipality must write down the notifying person's oral statement, state the date of the notification in the document, and read this aloud to the notifying person, and also have the notifying person affix their signature to it.

３届出人が疾病その他の事故によつて出頭することができないときは、代理人によつて届出をすることができる。ただし、第六十条、第六十一条、第六十六条、第六十八条、第七十条から第七十二条まで、第七十四条及び第七十六条の届出については、この限りでない。

(3)If a notifying person is unable to appear due to illness or for any other reasons, the notifying person may have their agent make the notification;provided, however, that this does not apply to the notifications referred to in Article 60, Article 61, Article 66, Article 68, Articles 70 through 72, Article 74, and Article 76.

第三十八条届出事件について父母その他の者の同意又は承諾を必要とするときは、届書にその同意又は承諾を証する書面を添付しなければならない。ただし、同意又は承諾をした者に、届書にその旨を付記させて、署名させるだけで足りる。

Article 38(1)If the parents or any other persons need to give their consent or approval in relation to an event under notification, a written notification must be accompanied by a document proving the consent or approval;provided, however, that it is sufficient to have the person who gives the consent or approval add a supplementary note to that effect in the written notification, and have that person affix their signature to it.

２届出事件について裁判又は官庁の許可を必要とするときは、届書に裁判の謄本若しくは裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したもの又は許可書の謄本を添付しなければならない。

(2)If a judicial decision needs to be rendered or a government agency needs to give its permission in relation to an event under notification, a written notification must be accompanied by a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision, or a transcript of the permit.

第三十九条届書に関する規定は、第三十七条第二項及び前条第一項の書面にこれを準用する。

Article 39The provisions concerning a written notification apply mutatis mutandis to the documents set forth in Article 37, paragraph (2) and in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

第四十条外国に在る日本人は、この法律の規定に従つて、その国に駐在する日本の大使、公使又は領事に届出をすることができる。

Article 40A Japanese national who lives in a foreign country may submit a notification to the Japanese ambassador, minister, or consul stationed in that country, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

第四十一条外国に在る日本人が、その国の方式に従つて、届出事件に関する証書を作らせたときは、三箇月以内にその国に駐在する日本の大使、公使又は領事にその証書の謄本を提出しなければならない。

Article 41(1)When a Japanese national who lives in a foreign country has a certificate made in accordance with the formalities of that country in relation to an event under notification, they must submit a copy of the relevant certificate to the Japanese ambassador, minister, or consul stationed in that country within three months.

２大使、公使又は領事がその国に駐在しないときは、三箇月以内に本籍地の市町村長に証書の謄本を発送しなければならない。

(2)Where there is no ambassador, minister or consul stationed in that country, the Japanese national must send a copy of the certificate to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of their registered domicile within three months.

第四十二条大使、公使又は領事は、前二条の規定によつて書類を受理したときは、遅滞なく、外務大臣を経由してこれを本人の本籍地の市町村長に送付しなければならない。

Article 42When an ambassador, minister, or consul has received a document pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, they must send it to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the relevant person's registered domicile via the Minister of Foreign Affairs without delay.

第四十三条届出期間は、届出事件発生の日からこれを起算する。

Article 43(1)The period for submitting a notification commences from the day on which an event under notification takes place.

２裁判が確定した日から期間を起算すべき場合に、裁判が送達又は交付前に確定したときは、その送達又は交付の日からこれを起算する。

(2)If the period is required to be calculated from the day on which a judicial decision becomes final and binding, but the judicial decision becomes final and binding before it is served or delivered, the period commences from the day of the service or issuance.

第四十四条市町村長は、届出を怠つた者があることを知つたときは、相当の期間を定めて、届出義務者に対し、その期間内に届出をすべき旨を催告しなければならない。

Article 44(1)If the mayor of a municipality becomes aware of any person who has failed to submit a notification, they must specify a reasonable period and request the person who has the duty to submit a notification do so within that period.

２届出義務者が前項の期間内に届出をしなかつたときは、市町村長は、更に相当の期間を定めて、催告をすることができる。

(2)If the person who has the duty to submit a notification fails to do so within the period referred to in the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a municipality may further specify a reasonable period and request that the person in question submit the notification within that period.

３前二項の催告をすることができないとき、又は催告をしても届出がないときは、市町村長は、管轄法務局長等の許可を得て、戸籍の記載をすることができる。

(3)If it is not possible to make a request referred to in the preceding two paragraphs or if no notification is submitted after the request, the mayor of a municipality may make entries in the family register with the approval of the director with jurisdiction.

４第二十四条第四項の規定は、裁判所その他の官庁、検察官又は吏員がその職務上届出を怠つた者があることを知つた場合にこれを準用する。

(4)The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a court or any other government agency, public prosecutor, or public official who in the course of their duties comes to know of any person who has failed to submit a notification.

第四十五条市町村長は、届出を受理した場合に、届書に不備があるため戸籍の記載をすることができないときは、届出人に、その追完をさせなければならない。この場合には、前条の規定を準用する。

Article 45If the mayor of a municipality has accepted a notification, but they are unable to make an entry in a family register due to a defect in the written notification, they must have the person who has submitted the notification add further information to complete the notification. In this case, the provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis.

第四十六条届出期間が経過した後の届出であつても、市町村長は、これを受理しなければならない。

Article 46The mayor of a municipality must accept a notification even if it is made after the expiration of the period for submitting the notification.

第四十七条市町村長は、届出人がその生存中に郵便又は民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項に規定する一般信書便事業者若しくは同条第九項に規定する特定信書便事業者による同条第二項に規定する信書便によつて発送した届書については、当該届出人の死亡後であつても、これを受理しなければならない。

Article 47(1)The mayor of a municipality must accept a written notification even after the death of the notifying person, if the notifying person sent the notification while they were still alive by postal mail or by correspondence delivery as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) through a general correspondence delivery operator as prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or through a specified correspondence delivery operator as prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article.

２前項の規定によつて届書が受理されたときは、届出人の死亡の時に届出があつたものとみなす。

(2)When a written notification has been received pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the notification is deemed to have been submitted at the time of the notifying person's death.

第四十八条届出人は、届出の受理又は不受理の証明書を請求することができる。

Article 48(1)A notifying person may request a certificate of acceptance or non-acceptance of a notification.

２利害関係人は、特別の事由がある場合に限り、届書その他市町村長の受理した書類の閲覧を請求し、又はその書類に記載した事項について証明書を請求することができる。

(2)A interested person may request to inspect a written notification or any other document that the mayor of a municipality has received, or may request a certificate of the particulars stated in that document, only when there are special reasons for doing so.

３第十条第三項及び第十条の三の規定は、前二項の場合に準用する。

(3)The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) and Article 10-3 apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs.

第四十九条出生の届出は、十四日以内（国外で出生があつたときは、三箇月以内）にこれをしなければならない。

Article 49(1)A notification of birth must be submitted within 14 days (or if the birth took place abroad, within three months).

２届書には、次の事項を記載しなければならない。

(2)The following particulars must be entered in the written notification:

３医師、助産師又はその他の者が出産に立ち会つた場合には、医師、助産師、その他の者の順序に従つてそのうちの一人が法務省令・厚生労働省令の定めるところによつて作成する出生証明書を届書に添付しなければならない。ただし、やむを得ない事由があるときは、この限りでない。

(3)If a doctor, midwife, or any other person attended the birth, the written notification must be accompanied by a birth certificate that one of them in the order of doctor, midwife, and the other person has prepared in the manner provided for by Order of Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;provided, however, that this does not apply if there are unavoidable grounds for not doing so.

第五十条子の名には、常用平易な文字を用いなければならない。

Article 50(1)For the given name of a child, characters that are simple and in common use must be used.

２常用平易な文字の範囲は、法務省令でこれを定める。

(2)The scope of characters that are simple and in common use is defined by Ministry of Justice Order.

第五十一条出生の届出は、出生地でこれをすることができる。

Article 51(1)A notification of birth may be submitted in the locality of birth.

２汽車その他の交通機関（船舶を除く。以下同じ。）の中で出生があつたときは母がその交通機関から降りた地で、航海日誌を備えない船舶の中で出生があつたときはその船舶が最初に入港した地で、出生の届出をすることができる。

(2)If the birth takes place within a train or aboard any other mode of transportation (excluding a ship; the same applies below), a notification of birth may be submitted in the locality in which the mother exited that mode of transportation, and if the birth takes place within a ship where no logbook is kept, a notification of birth may be submitted in the locality at which the ship first enters port.

第五十二条嫡出子出生の届出は、父又は母がこれをし、子の出生前に父母が離婚をした場合には、母がこれをしなければならない。

Article 52(1)A notification of the birth of a child born in wedlock must be submitted by the father or mother, and if the parents were divorced before the birth of the child, it must be submitted by the mother.

２嫡出でない子の出生の届出は、母がこれをしなければならない。

(2)A notification of the birth of a child born out of wedlock must be submitted by the mother.

３前二項の規定によつて届出をすべき者が届出をすることができない場合には、左の者は、その順序に従つて、届出をしなければならない。

(3)If the person who is required to submit the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is unable to submit the notification, one of the following persons must do so in accordance with the following order:

４第一項又は第二項の規定によつて届出をすべき者が届出をすることができない場合には、その者以外の法定代理人も、届出をすることができる。

(4)If the person who is required to submit the notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) is unable to do so, a legal representative other than them may also submit the notification.

第五十三条嫡出子否認の訴を提起したときであつても、出生の届出をしなければならない。

Article 53A notification of birth must be submitted even if an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy has been filed.

第五十四条民法第七百七十三条の規定によつて裁判所が父を定むべきときは、出生の届出は、母がこれをしなければならない。この場合には、届書に、父が未定である事由を記載しなければならない。

Article 54(1)If the court is to determine the paternity of a child pursuant to the provisions of Article 773 of the Civil Code, the notification of birth must be submitted by the mother. In this case, she must enter the grounds that paternity has not yet been ascertained in the written notification.

２第五十二条第三項及び第四項の規定は、前項の場合にこれを準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 52, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.

第五十五条航海中に出生があつたときは、船長は、二十四時間以内に、第四十九条第二項に掲げる事項を航海日誌に記載して、署名しなければならない。

Article 55(1)If a birth takes place at sea, the master of the ship must state the particulars listed in Article 49, paragraph (2) in a logbook and affix their signature to it, within 24 hours.

２前項の手続をした後に、船舶が日本の港に到着したときは、船長は、遅滞なく出生に関する航海日誌の謄本をその地の市町村長に送付しなければならない。

(2)If the ship arrives at a port in Japan after the procedure referred to in the preceding paragraph has been performed, the master must send a transcript of the portion of the logbook concerning the birth to the mayor of a municipality in which that port is located, without delay.

３船舶が外国の港に到着したときは、船長は、遅滞なく出生に関する航海日誌の謄本をその国に駐在する日本の大使、公使又は領事に送付し、大使、公使又は領事は、遅滞なく外務大臣を経由してこれを本籍地の市町村長に送付しなければならない。

(3)If the ship arrives at a port in a foreign country, the master must send a transcript of the portion of the logbook concerning the birth to the Japanese ambassador, minister, or consul stationed in that country without delay, and the ambassador, minister, or consul must send it to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the registered domicile via the Minister of Foreign Affairs without delay.

第五十六条病院、刑事施設その他の公設所で出生があつた場合に、父母が共に届出をすることができないときは、公設所の長又は管理人が、届出をしなければならない。

Article 56If a birth has taken place in a hospital, penal institution, or any other public institution, and both parents are unable to submit the notification, the head or manager of that public institution must submit the notification.

第五十七条棄児を発見した者又は棄児発見の申告を受けた警察官は、二十四時間以内にその旨を市町村長に申し出なければならない。

Article 57(1)A police official who has found an abandoned child or has received a report that an abandoned child was found must inform the mayor of a municipality to that effect within 24 hours.

２前項の申出があつたときは、市町村長は、氏名及び氏名の振り仮名を付け、本籍を定め、かつ、附属品、発見の場所、年月日時その他の状況並びに氏名、氏名の振り仮名、男女の別、出生の推定年月日及び本籍を調書に記載しなければならない。その調書は、これを届書とみなす。

(2)When having received information as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a municipality must give a name to the child and the kana characters indicating the pronunciation of the name, and designate their registered domicile, and must enter in a record any belongings of that child, the place, the date and time, and other circumstances concerning how the child was found, the kana characters indicating the pronunciation of their name, their gender, the presumed date of birth, and the registered domicile. The record in question is deemed to be a written notification.

第五十八条前条第一項に規定する手続をする前に、棄児が死亡したときは、死亡の届出とともにその手続をしなければならない。

Article 58If the abandoned child dies before the procedures prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article have been performed, a notification of death must be submitted and the relevant procedures must be carried out at the same time.

第五十九条父又は母は、棄児を引き取つたときは、その日から一箇月以内に、出生の届出をし、且つ、戸籍の訂正を申請しなければならない。

Article 59The father or mother who takes custody of an abandoned child must submit a notification of birth and apply for a correction of their family register within one month from the day on which they take custody of the child.

第六十条認知をしようとする者は、左の事項を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 60A person who seeks to acknowledge parentage of a child must state this and the following particulars in a written notification and submit it:

第六十一条胎内に在る子を認知する場合には、届書にその旨、母の氏名及び本籍を記載し、母の本籍地でこれを届け出なければならない。

Article 61If a person acknowledges parentage of an unborn child, they must state this and the name and registered domicile of the mother in a written notification and submit it in the locality of the registered domicile of the mother.

第六十二条民法第七百八十九条第二項の規定によつて嫡出子となるべき者について、父母が嫡出子出生の届出をしたときは、その届出は、認知の届出の効力を有する。

Article 62If parents submit a notification for the birth of a child born in wedlock with regard to a child who is to acquire the status of a child born in wedlock pursuant to the provisions of Article 789, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code, the notification has the effect of a notification acknowledging parentage.

第六十三条認知の裁判が確定したときは、訴えを提起した者は、裁判が確定した日から十日以内に、裁判の謄本の謄本又は裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、その旨を届け出なければならない。その届書には、裁判が確定した日を記載しなければならない。

Article 63(1)When a judicial decision of filiation has become final and binding, the person who filed the action must submit a notification to that effect within ten days from the day on which the judicial decision became final and binding, together with a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision. The date that the judicial decision became final and binding must be entered in the written notification.

２訴えを提起した者が前項の規定による届出をしないときは、その相手方は、裁判の謄本又は裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、認知の裁判が確定した旨を届け出ることができる。この場合には、同項後段の規定を準用する。

(2)If the person who filed the action does not submit a notification under the preceding paragraph, the other party of the case may submit a notification to the effect that a judicial decision of filiation has become final and binding, together with a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of the relevant paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.

第六十四条遺言による認知の場合には、遺言執行者は、その就職の日から十日以内に、認知に関する遺言の謄本を添附して、第六十条又は第六十一条の規定に従つて、その届出をしなければならない。

Article 64In the case of an acknowledgment of parentage made in a will, the executor must submit a notification acknowledging parentage pursuant to the provisions of Articles 60 through 61 within ten days from the day on which they assumed the role, together with a copy of the will in which the acknowledgment is made.

第六十五条認知された胎児が死体で生まれたときは、出生届出義務者は、その事実を知つた日から十四日以内に、認知の届出地で、その旨を届け出なければならない。但し、遺言執行者が前条の届出をした場合には、遺言執行者が、その届出をしなければならない。

Article 65If an acknowledged child is stillborn, the person who has the duty to submit a notification of birth must submit a notification to that effect within 14 days from the day on which they became aware of that fact, in the locality in which the notification acknowledging parentage was submitted;provided, however, that an executor must submit this notification if they have submitted the notification set forth in the preceding Article.

第六十六条縁組をしようとする者は、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 66A person who seeks to adopt must submit a notification to that effect.

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Article 67Deleted

第六十八条民法第七百九十七条の規定によつて縁組の承諾をする場合には、届出は、その承諾をする者がこれをしなければならない。

Article 68If consent is given for adoption pursuant to the provisions of Article 797 of the Civil Code, the notification of adoption must be submitted by the person who gives consent.

第六十八条の二第六十三条第一項の規定は、縁組の裁判が確定した場合に準用する。

Article 68-2The provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a judicial decision of adoption has become final and binding.

第六十九条第六十三条の規定は、縁組取消の裁判が確定した場合にこれを準用する。

Article 69The provisions of Article 63 apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a judicial decision of annulment of adoption has become final and binding.

第六十九条の二第七十三条の二の規定は、民法第八百八条第二項において準用する同法第八百十六条第二項の規定によつて縁組の取消しの際に称していた氏を称しようとする場合に準用する。

Article 69-2The provisions of Article 73-2 apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a person seeks to take the surname they were using at the time of the annulment of their adoption pursuant to the provisions of Article 816, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 808, paragraph (2) of the relevant Code.

第七十条離縁をしようとする者は、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 70A person who seeks to dissolve an adoptive relationship must submit a notification to that effect.

第七十一条民法第八百十一条第二項の規定によつて協議上の離縁をする場合には、届出は、その協議をする者がこれをしなければならない。

Article 71If an adoptive relationship is dissolved by agreement pursuant to the provisions of Article 811, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code, a notification concerning the dissolution of the adoptive relationship must be submitted by the persons who have agreed on the dissolution.

第七十二条民法第八百十一条第六項の規定によつて離縁をする場合には、生存当事者だけで、その届出をすることができる。

Article 72If an adoptive relationship is dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article 811, paragraph (6) of the Civil Code, a notification concerning the dissolution of the adoptive relationship may be submitted by the surviving parties alone.

第七十三条第六十三条の規定は、離縁又は離縁取消の裁判が確定した場合にこれを準用する。

Article 73(1)The provisions of Article 63 apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a judicial decision for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship or for the annulment of an adoption has become final and binding.

２第七十五条第二項の規定は、検察官が離縁の裁判を請求した場合に準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 75, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a public prosecutor has sought a judicial decision for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship.

第七十三条の二民法第八百十六条第二項の規定によつて離縁の際に称していた氏を称しようとする者は、離縁の年月日を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 73-2A person who seeks to take the surname they were using at the time of the dissolution of their adoptive relationship pursuant to the provisions of Article 816, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code must state this and the date of the dissolution of the adoptive relationship in a written notification and submit this.

第七十四条婚姻をしようとする者は、左の事項を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 74Persons who seek to marry must state this and the following particulars in a written notification and submit it:

第七十五条第六十三条の規定は、婚姻取消の裁判が確定した場合にこれを準用する。

Article 75(1)The provisions of Article 63 apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a judicial decision of annulment of a marriage has become final and binding.

２検察官が訴を提起した場合には、裁判が確定した後に、遅滞なく戸籍記載の請求をしなければならない。

(2)If a public prosecutor filed the action, they must request an entry to be made in a family register without delay after the judicial decision has become final and binding.

第七十五条の二第七十七条の二の規定は、民法第七百四十九条において準用する同法第七百六十七条第二項の規定によつて婚姻の取消しの際に称していた氏を称しようとする場合に準用する。

Article 75-2The provisions of Article 77-2 apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a person seeks to take the surname they were using at the time of the annulment of their marriage, pursuant to the provisions of Article 767, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 749 of the relevant Code.

第七十六条離婚をしようとする者は、左の事項を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 76Persons who seek to divorce must state this and the following particulars in the written notification and submit it:

第七十七条第六十三条の規定は、離婚又は離婚取消の裁判が確定した場合にこれを準用する。

Article 77(1)The provisions of Article 63 apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a judicial decision of divorce or annulment of a divorce has become final and binding.

２前項に規定する離婚の届書には、左の事項をも記載しなければならない。

(2)The following particulars must also be entered in a written notification regarding a divorce as set forth in the preceding paragraph:

第七十七条の二民法第七百六十七条第二項（同法第七百七十一条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によつて離婚の際に称していた氏を称しようとする者は、離婚の年月日を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 77-2A person who seeks to use the surname they were using at the time of divorce pursuant to the provisions of Article 767, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 771 of the relevant Code) must state this and the date of their divorce in the written notification and submit it.

第七十八条民法第八百十九条第三項但書又は第四項の規定によつて協議で親権者を定めようとする者は、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 78Persons who seek to determine the party who will have parental authority by agreement pursuant to the proviso to Article 819, paragraph (3) or (4) of the relevant Article of the Civil Code must submit a notification to that effect.

第七十九条第六十三条第一項の規定は、民法第八百十九条第三項ただし書若しくは第四項の協議に代わる審判が確定し、又は親権者変更の裁判が確定した場合において親権者に、親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の審判の取消しの裁判が確定した場合においてその裁判を請求した者について準用する。

Article 79The provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the person who has parental authority if adjudication standing in place of an agreement as set forth in the proviso to Article 819, paragraph (3) or (4) of the relevant Article of the Civil Code has become final and binding, or a judicial decision changing the party who has parental authority has become final and binding; those provisions also apply mutatis mutandis to the person seeking the judicial decision if the judicial decision revoking an adjudication of loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of the right to administer property has become final and binding.

第八十条親権若しくは管理権を辞し、又はこれを回復しようとする者は、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 80A person who seeks to surrender or resume parental authority or the right to administer property must submit a notification to that effect.

第八十一条民法第八百三十八条第一号に規定する場合に開始する後見（以下「未成年者の後見」という。）の開始の届出は、同法第八百三十九条の規定による指定をされた未成年後見人が、その就職の日から十日以内に、これをしなければならない。

Article 81(1)A notification of the commencement of guardianship that will commence in the case prescribed in Article 838, item (i) of the Civil Code (referred to below as "guardianship over a minor") must be submitted by the guardian of a minor designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 839 of the Civil Code within ten days from the day on which they assumed the role of guardian.

２届書には、次に掲げる事項を記載し、未成年後見人の指定に関する遺言の謄本を添付しなければならない。

(2)The written notification must state the following particulars and be accompanied by a copy of the will relating to the designation of the guardian of a minor:

第八十二条未成年後見人が死亡し、又は民法第八百四十七条第二号から第五号までに掲げる者に該当することとなつたことによりその地位を失つたことによつて未成年後見人が欠けたときは、後任者は、就職の日から十日以内に、未成年後見人が地位を失つた旨の届出をしなければならない。

Article 82(1)If a guardian of a minor dies or loses their status as a result of coming to fall under the category of a person specified in Article 847, items (ii) through (v) of the Civil Code and the position of guardian of the minor is vacant, their successor must submit a notification to the effect that the guardian has lost their status, within ten days from the day on which the successor assumed the role.

２数人の未成年後見人の一部の者が死亡し、又は民法第八百四十七条第二号から第五号までに掲げる者に該当することとなつたことによりその地位を失つたときは、他の未成年後見人は、その事実を知つた日から十日以内に、未成年後見人が地位を失つた旨の届出をしなければならない。

(2)If any of the guardians of a minor die or lose their status as a result of coming to fall under the category of a person specified in Article 847, items (ii) through (v) of the Civil Code, the other guardians of the minor must submit a notification to the effect that the persons in question have lost their status, within ten days from the day in which the other guardians came to know that fact.

３未成年者、その親族又は未成年後見監督人は、前二項の届出をすることができる。

(3)A minor or their relative or guardian may submit the notification referred to in the preceding two paragraphs.

４届書には、未成年後見人がその地位を失つた原因及び年月日を記載しなければならない。

(4)The notification must state the reason why and the date that the guardians of the minor lost their status.

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Article 83Deleted

第八十四条未成年者の後見の終了の届出は、未成年後見人が、十日以内に、これをしなければならない。その届書には、未成年者の後見の終了の原因及び年月日を記載しなければならない。

Article 84A notification of the termination of guardianship over a minor must be submitted by the guardian of the minor within ten days. The cause and date of the termination of their guardianship over the minor must be entered in the written notification.

第八十五条未成年後見人に関するこの節の規定は、未成年後見監督人について準用する。

Article 85The provisions of this Section concerning the guardian of a minor apply mutatis mutandis to the supervisor of a minor's guardianship.

第八十六条死亡の届出は、届出義務者が、死亡の事実を知つた日から七日以内（国外で死亡があつたときは、その事実を知つた日から三箇月以内）に、これをしなければならない。

Article 86(1)A notification of death must be submitted by the person who has the duty to submit the relevant notification within seven days from the day on which they came to know of the death (or if the death took place abroad, within three months from the day on which the person came to know of that fact).

２届書には、次の事項を記載し、診断書又は検案書を添付しなければならない。

(2)The written notification must state the following particulars and be accompanied by a medical certificate or autopsy report:

３やむを得ない事由によつて診断書又は検案書を得ることができないときは、死亡の事実を証すべき書面を以てこれに代えることができる。この場合には、届書に診断書又は検案書を得ることができない事由を記載しなければならない。

(3)If a medical certificate or autopsy report is unavailable due to unavoidable circumstances, a document proving the fact of death may be substituted for them. In this case, the grounds for the lack of availability of a medical certificate or autopsy report must be entered in the written notification.

第八十七条次の者は、その順序に従つて、死亡の届出をしなければならない。ただし、順序にかかわらず届出をすることができる。

Article 87(1)In accordance with the following order, one of the following persons must submit a notification of death;provided, however, that any of them may submit the notification, irrespective of that order:

第一　同居の親族

First: a cohabiting relative;

第二　その他の同居者

Second: any other cohabitant; and

第三　家主、地主又は家屋若しくは土地の管理人

Third: the owner or person who managed the house or land where the deceased person resided.

２死亡の届出は、同居の親族以外の親族、後見人、保佐人、補助人、任意後見人及び任意後見受任者も、これをすることができる。

(2)A notification of death may also be submitted by a relative other than cohabiting relatives, and may be made by the guardian, curator, assistant, voluntary guardian, and mandatory of voluntary guardianship of the deceased person.

第八十八条死亡の届出は、死亡地でこれをすることができる。

Article 88(1)A notification of death may be submitted in the locality of the death.

２死亡地が明らかでないときは死体が最初に発見された地で、汽車その他の交通機関の中で死亡があつたときは死体をその交通機関から降ろした地で、航海日誌を備えない船舶の中で死亡があつたときはその船舶が最初に入港した地で、死亡の届出をすることができる。

(2)If the locality of death is unclear, a notification of death may be submitted in the locality where the body is first found; if the death takes place within a train or aboard any other mode of transportation, a notification of death may be submitted in the locality where the body is unloaded from the mode of transportation; and if the death takes place aboard a ship where no logbook is kept, a notification of death may be submitted in the locality at which the ship first enters port.

第八十九条水難、火災その他の事変によつて死亡した者がある場合には、その取調をした官庁又は公署は、死亡地の市町村長に死亡の報告をしなければならない。但し、外国又は法務省令で定める地域で死亡があつたときは、死亡者の本籍地の市町村長に死亡の報告をしなければならない。

Article 89If a person has died due to a flood, fire, or any other serious event, the government agency or public office that carried out any investigation must report the death to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the death;provided, however, that if a death has taken place in a foreign country or any other territory specified by Ministry of Justice Order, the death must be reported to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the deceased person's registered domicile.

第九十条死刑の執行があつたときは、刑事施設の長は、遅滞なく刑事施設の所在地の市町村長に死亡の報告をしなければならない。

Article 90(1)If the death penalty has been enforced, the head of the penal institution must report the death to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the penal institution without delay.

２前項の規定は、刑事施設に収容中死亡した者の引取人がない場合にこれを準用する。この場合には、報告書に診断書又は検案書を添付しなければならない。

(2)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which there is no person who claims the body of a person who has died during their detention at a penal institution. In this case, the written report of death must be accompanied by a medical certificate or autopsy report.

第九十一条前二条に規定する報告書には、第八十六条第二項に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。

Article 91The particulars listed in Article 86, paragraph (2) must be stated in the written report of death prescribed in the preceding two Articles.

第九十二条死亡者の本籍が明かでない場合又は死亡者を認識することができない場合には、警察官は、検視調書を作り、これを添附して、遅滞なく死亡地の市町村長に死亡の報告をしなければならない。

Article 92(1)If the registered domicile of a deceased person is not apparent or a deceased person cannot be identified, a police official must prepare a postmortem inspection report and submit the written report of death together with it to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the relevant person's death without delay.

２死亡者の本籍が明かになり、又は死亡者を認識することができるに至つたときは、警察官は、遅滞なくその旨を報告しなければならない。

(2)If the registered domicile of a deceased person has been clarified or a deceased person has been identified, a police officer must report to that effect without delay.

３第一項の報告があつた後に、第八十七条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる者が、死亡者を認識したときは、その日から十日以内に、死亡の届出をしなければならない。

(3)If any of the persons listed in Article 87, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) has identified a deceased person after the report referred to in paragraph (1) was made, the person in question must submit a notification of death within ten days from the day on which they identified the deceased person.

第九十三条第五十五条及び第五十六条の規定は、死亡の届出にこれを準用する。

Article 93The provisions of Articles 55 and 56 apply mutatis mutandis to a notification of death.

第九十四条第六十三条第一項の規定は、失踪宣告又は失踪宣告取消の裁判が確定した場合においてその裁判を請求した者にこれを準用する。この場合には、失踪宣告の届書に民法第三十一条の規定によつて死亡したとみなされる日をも記載しなければならない。

Article 94The provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the person seeking a judicial decision consisting of a declaration of presumed death or rescinding a declaration of presumed death, if the judicial decision in question has become final and binding. In this case, the date on which a person is deemed to have died pursuant to the provisions of Article 31 of the Civil Code must also be entered in the written notification of the declaration of the person's presumed death.

第九十五条民法第七百五十一条第一項の規定によつて婚姻前の氏に復しようとする者は、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 95A person who seeks to revert to the surname used before marriage pursuant to the provisions of Article 751, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code must submit a notification to that effect.

第九十六条民法第七百二十八条第二項の規定によつて姻族関係を終了させる意思を表示しようとする者は、死亡した配偶者の氏名、本籍及び死亡の年月日を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 96A person who seeks to manifest their intention to end the relationship between relatives by affinity pursuant to the provisions of Article 728, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code must state this and the name and registered domicile of the deceased spouse and the date of their death in a written notification and submit it.

第九十七条第六十三条第一項の規定は、推定相続人の廃除又は廃除取消の裁判が確定した場合において、その裁判を請求した者にこれを準用する。

Article 97The provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the person seeking a judicial decision disinheriting a presumptive heir or revoking disinheritance if the judicial decision in question has become final and binding.

第九十八条民法第七百九十一条第一項から第三項までの規定によつて父又は母の氏を称しようとする者は、その父又は母の氏名及び本籍を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 98(1)A person who seeks to take the surname of their mother or father pursuant to the provisions of Article 791, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Civil Code must state this and the name and registered domicile of the father or mother in a written notification and submit it.

２民法第七百九十一条第二項の規定によつて父母の氏を称しようとする者に配偶者がある場合には、配偶者とともに届け出なければならない。

(2)If a person who seeks to take the surname of their mother or father pursuant to the provisions of Article 791, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code has a spouse, they must submit the notification jointly with their spouse.

第九十九条民法第七百九十一条第四項の規定によつて従前の氏に復しようとする者は、同条第一項から第三項までの規定によつて氏を改めた年月日を届書に記載して、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 99(1)A person who seeks to revert to their previous surname pursuant to the provisions of Article 791, paragraph (4) of the Civil Code must state this and the date of reversion to their surname under paragraphs (1) thorough (3) of the relevant Article in the written notification, and submit it.

２前項の者に配偶者がある場合には、配偶者とともに届け出なければならない。

(2)If the person referred to in the preceding paragraph has a spouse, they must submit the notification jointly with their spouse.

第百条分籍をしようとする者は、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 100(1)A person who intends to separate from their family register must submit a notification to that effect.

２他の市町村に新本籍を定める場合には、戸籍の謄本を届書に添附しなければならない。

(2)If the person designates a place in another city, town or village as their new registered domicile, they must have the written notification accompanied by a copy of their family register.

第百一条分籍の届出は、分籍地でこれをすることができる。

Article 101A notification of separation from a family register may be submitted in the locality where the relevant person's new family register is created.

第百二条国籍法（昭和二十五年法律第百四十七号）第三条第一項又は第十七条第一項若しくは第二項の規定によつて国籍を取得した場合の国籍取得の届出は、国籍を取得した者が、その取得の日から一箇月以内（その者がその日に国外に在るときは、三箇月以内）に、これをしなければならない。

Article 102(1)If a person acquires Japanese nationality pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Nationality Act (Act No. 147 of 1950), the person acquiring Japanese nationality must submit a notification of acquisition of Japanese nationality within one month from the date of that acquisition (or if the person was abroad on that date, within three months).

２届書には、次の事項を記載し、国籍取得を証すべき書面を添付しなければならない。

(2)The written notification must state the following particulars, and be accompanied by a document certifying the acquisition of Japanese nationality:

第百二条の二帰化の届出は、帰化した者が、告示の日から一箇月以内に、これをしなければならない。この場合における届書の記載事項については、前条第二項の規定を準用する。

Article 102-2A notification of naturalization must be submitted by the naturalized person, within one month from the date of public notice. The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the particulars to be entered in a written notification in this case.

第百三条国籍喪失の届出は、届出事件の本人、配偶者又は四親等内の親族が、国籍喪失の事実を知つた日から一箇月以内（届出をすべき者がその事実を知つた日に国外に在るときは、その日から三箇月以内）に、これをしなければならない。

Article 103(1)A notification of the loss of Japanese nationality must be submitted by the party to the event under notification, or their spouse or relative within the fourth degree of kinship, within one month from the day on which they came to know of loss of Japanese nationality (or if the person who is required to submit the notification was abroad on the day on which they came to know of the fact, within three months from that day).

２届書には、次の事項を記載し、国籍喪失を証すべき書面を添付しなければならない。

(2)The written notification must state the following particulars, and be accompanied by a document certifying the loss of Japanese nationality:

第百四条国籍法第十二条に規定する国籍の留保の意思の表示は、出生の届出をすることができる者（第五十二条第三項の規定によつて届出をすべき者を除く。）が、出生の日から三箇月以内に、日本の国籍を留保する旨を届け出ることによつて、これをしなければならない。

Article 104(1)In order to manifest the intention to reserve Japanese nationality as prescribed in Article 12 of the Nationality Act, a person entitled to submit a notification of birth (excluding a person who is required to submit a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (3)) must submit a notification of the intention to reserve Japanese nationality within three months from the date of birth.

２前項の届出は、出生の届出とともにこれをしなければならない。

(2)The notification referred to in the preceding paragraph must be submitted together with the notification of birth.

３天災その他第一項に規定する者の責めに帰することができない事由によつて同項の期間内に届出をすることができないときは、その期間は、届出をすることができるに至つた時から十四日とする。

(3)If the person prescribed in paragraph (1) is unable to submit a notification during the period referred to in the relevant paragraph due to a natural disaster or any other grounds not attributable to them, that period is 14 days from the time when it has become possible to submit a notification.

第百四条の二国籍法第十四条第二項の規定による日本の国籍の選択の宣言は、その宣言をしようとする者が、その旨を届け出ることによつて、これをしなければならない。

Article 104-2(1)In order to make a declaration of the selection of Japanese nationality under Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Nationality Act, the person who seeks to make the declaration must submit a notification to that effect.

２届書には、その者が有する外国の国籍を記載しなければならない。

(2)The person's foreign nationality must be entered in the written notification.

第百四条の三市町村長は、戸籍事務の処理に際し、国籍法第十四条第一項の規定により国籍の選択をすべき者が同項に定める期限内にその選択をしていないと思料するときは、その者の氏名、本籍その他法務省令で定める事項を管轄法務局長等に通知しなければならない。

Article 104-3If, in the course of administering processes for family registers, the mayor of a municipality finds that a person who should select their nationality pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Nationality Act has not made that selection within the period set forth in the relevant paragraph, they must give notice of the name and registered domicile of the person and other particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order to the director of the legal affairs bureau with jurisdiction.

第百五条官庁又は公署がその職務上国籍を喪失した者があることを知つたときは、遅滞なく本籍地の市町村長に、国籍喪失を証すべき書面を添附して、国籍喪失の報告をしなければならない。

Article 105(1)If a government agency or public office comes to know of any person who has lost Japanese nationality in the course of its duties, it must submit a written report of the loss of Japanese nationality together with a document certifying the loss of Japanese nationality to the mayor of a municipality in the locality of the relevant person's registered domicile without delay.

２報告書には、第百三条第二項に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。

(2)The particulars listed in Article 103, paragraph (2) must be entered in a written report.

第百六条外国の国籍を有する日本人がその外国の国籍を喪失したときは、その者は、その喪失の事実を知つた日から一箇月以内（その者がその事実を知つた日に国外に在るときは、その日から三箇月以内）に、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 106(1)If a Japanese national who has nationality in a foreign country has lost nationality in that foreign country, they must submit a notification to that effect within one month from the day on which they came to know of that loss (or if the person was abroad on the day on which they came to know the fact, within three months from that day).

２届書には、外国の国籍の喪失の原因及び年月日を記載し、その喪失を証すべき書面を添付しなければならない。

(2)The written notification must state the cause and date of the loss of foreign nationality, and be accompanied by a document certifying that loss.

第百七条やむを得ない事由によつて氏を変更しようとするときは、戸籍の筆頭に記載した者及びその配偶者は、氏及び氏の振り仮名を変更することについて家庭裁判所の許可を得て、その許可を得た氏及び氏の振り仮名を届け出なければならない。

Article 107(1)If a person entered at the head of a family register and their spouse seek to change their surname due to unavoidable grounds, after obtaining the permission of the family court concerning the change of name and surname kana characters, they must submit a notification of the name and the surname kana characters for which permission has been received.

２外国人と婚姻をした者がその氏を配偶者の称している氏に変更しようとするときは、その者は、その婚姻の日から六箇月以内に限り、家庭裁判所の許可を得ないで、その旨及び変更しようとする氏の振り仮名を届け出ることができる。

(2)If a person who has married a foreign national seeks to change their surname to the surname used by their spouse, they may submit a notification to that effect and the surname kana characters they seek to change without obtaining the permission of the family court, but only within six months from the date of their marriage.

３前項の規定によつて氏を変更した者が離婚、婚姻の取消し又は配偶者の死亡の日以後にその氏を変更の際に称していた氏に変更しようとするときは、その者は、その日から三箇月以内に限り、家庭裁判所の許可を得ないで、その旨を届け出ることができる。

(3)If on or after the day of their divorce, annulment of their marriage, or the death of their spouse, a person who has changed their surname pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph seeks to change their surname back to the surname they were using at the time that they first changed their surname, they may submit a notification to that effect without obtaining the permission of the family court, but only within three months from the day in question.

４第一項の規定は、父又は母が外国人である者（戸籍の筆頭に記載した者又はその配偶者を除く。）でその氏をその父又は母の称している氏に変更しようとするものに準用する。

(4)The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a person (excluding a person entered at the head of a family register or their spouse) whose mother or father is a foreign national and who seeks to change their surname to the surname used by their mother or father.

第百七条の二正当な事由によつて名を変更しようとする者は、名及び名の振り仮名を変更することについて家庭裁判所の許可を得て、その許可を得た名及び名の振り仮名を届け出なければならない。

Article 107-2A person who wishes to change their given name or given name kana characters on justifiable grounds must obtain permission from the family court concerning the change of given name and given name kana characters, and submit a notification of the given name and the given name kana characters for which permission has been received.

第百七条の三やむを得ない事由によつて氏の振り仮名を変更しようとするときは、戸籍の筆頭に記載した者及びその配偶者は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 107-3If a person entered at the head of a family register and their spouse seek to change their surname kana characters due to unavoidable grounds, after obtaining the permission of the family court, they must submit a notification to that effect.

第百七条の四正当な事由によつて名の振り仮名を変更しようとする者は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 107-4A person who wishes to change their given name kana characters on justifiable grounds must submit a notification to that effect after obtaining the permission of the family court.

第百八条転籍をしようとするときは、新本籍を届書に記載して、戸籍の筆頭に記載した者及びその配偶者が、その旨を届け出なければならない。

Article 108(1)If a person entered at the head of a family register and their spouse seek to transfer their registered domicile to another place, they must state this and their intended new registered domicile in a written notification and submit this.

２他の市町村に転籍をする場合には、戸籍の謄本を届書に添附しなければならない。

(2)If the registered domicile is transferred to a place in another city, town, or village, the written notification must be accompanied by a copy of the family register.

第百九条転籍の届出は、転籍地でこれをすることができる。

Article 109A notification of the transfer of registered domicile may be submitted in the locality of the intended new registered domicile.

第百十条本籍を有しない者は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、許可の日から十日以内に就籍の届出をしなければならない。

Article 110(1)A person who has no registered domicile must obtain the permission of the family court and submit a notification for the registration of an unregistered person within ten days from the day on which they obtained the permission.

２届書には、第十三条第一項に掲げる事項のほか、就籍許可の年月日を記載しなければならない。

(2)In addition to the particulars listed in Article 13, the date of permission for the registration of an unregistered person must be entered in the written notification.

第百十一条前条の規定は、確定判決によつて就籍の届出をすべき場合にこれを準用する。この場合には、判決の謄本又は判決の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該判決の内容と同一であることを証明したものを届書に添付しなければならない。

Article 111The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a notification for the registration of an unregistered person is required to be made based on a final and binding judgment. In this case, the written notification must be accompanied by a transcript of the judgment or a document stating the details of the judgment for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision.

第百十二条就籍の届出は、就籍地でこれをすることができる。

Article 112A notification for the registration of an unregistered person may be submitted in the locality where the person intends to register.

第百十三条戸籍の記載が法律上許されないものであること又はその記載に錯誤若しくは遺漏があることを発見した場合には、利害関係人は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、戸籍の訂正を申請することができる。

Article 113If an interested person finds any entry in a family register that is impermissible under law or any mistake or omission in the entries in a family register, they may apply for the correction of the family register after obtaining the permission of the family court.

第百十四条届出によつて効力を生ずべき行為（第六十条、第六十一条、第六十六条、第六十八条、第七十条から第七十二条まで、第七十四条及び第七十六条の規定によりする届出に係る行為を除く。）について戸籍の記載をした後に、その行為が無効であることを発見したときは、届出人又は届出事件の本人は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、戸籍の訂正を申請することができる。

Article 114If an entry has been made in the family register concerning any act that becomes effective through notification (excluding acts relating to a notification made pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, Article 61, Article 66, Article 68, Articles 70 through 72, Article 74, and Article 76), but after that, the person who submitted the notification or a party to the event under notification finds that the act in question is void, they may apply for correction of the family register after obtaining the permission of the family court.

第百十五条前二条の許可の裁判があつたときは、一箇月以内に、その謄本又は裁判の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該裁判の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、戸籍の訂正を申請しなければならない。

Article 115If a judicial decision granting the permission referred to in the preceding two Articles has been rendered, the relevant person must file an application for correction of the family register together with a transcript of the judicial decision or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judicial decision, within one month.

第百十六条確定判決によつて戸籍の訂正をすべきときは、訴えを提起した者は、判決が確定した日から一箇月以内に、判決の謄本又は判決の内容を記載した書面であつて裁判所書記官が当該書面の内容が当該判決の内容と同一であることを証明したものを添付して、戸籍の訂正を申請しなければならない。

Article 116(1)If correction of a family register is required to be made based on a final and binding judgment, the person who filed the action must file an application for correction of the family register together with a transcript of the judgment or a document stating the details of the judicial decision for which the court clerk has certified the contents to be the same as the contents of the judgment, within one month from the day on which the judgment has become final and binding.

２検察官が訴えを提起した場合には、判決が確定した後に、遅滞なく戸籍の訂正を請求しなければならない。

(2)If a public prosecutor filed the action, they must request correction of the family register without delay after the judgment has become final and binding.

第百十七条第二十五条第一項、第二十七条から第三十二条まで、第三十四条から第三十九条まで、第四十三条から第四十八条まで、及び第六十三条第二項前段の規定は、戸籍訂正の申請に準用する。

Article 117The provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1), Articles 27 through 32, Articles 34 through 39, Articles 43 through 48, and the first sentence of Article 63, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an application for the correction of a family register.

第百十八条法務大臣の指定する市町村長は、法務省令で定めるところにより戸籍事務を電子情報処理組織（法務大臣の使用に係る電子計算機（磁気ディスク（これに準ずる方法により一定の事項を確実に記録することができる物を含む。以下同じ。）及び入出力装置を含む。以下同じ。）と市町村長の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。以下同じ。）によつて取り扱うものとする。ただし、電子情報処理組織によつて取り扱うことが相当でない戸籍又は除かれた戸籍として法務省令で定めるものに係る戸籍事務については、この限りでない。

Article 118(1)The mayors of the municipalities designated by the Minister of Justice are to handle the processes related to family registers by means of electronic data processing systems (meaning electronic data processing systems connecting the computers (including magnetic disks (including objects that can record certain matters securely by equivalent means; the same applies below) and input/output devices; the same applies below) used by the Minister of Justice with the computers used by the mayor of a municipality by telecommunications line; the same applies below), as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order;provided, however, that this does not apply to processes related to family registers or removed family registers specified by Ministry of Justice Order as that which is not appropriate to handle using electronic data processing systems.

２前項の規定による指定は、市町村長の申出に基づき、告示してしなければならない。

(2)The designation under the preceding paragraph must be made by public notice at the request of the mayor of a municipality.

第百十九条前条第一項の場合においては、戸籍は、磁気ディスクに記録し、これをもつて調製する。

Article 119(1)In the case referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, family registers are recorded on magnetic disks and prepared by means of magnetic disks.

２前項の場合においては、磁気ディスクをもつて調製された戸籍を蓄積して戸籍簿とし、磁気ディスクをもつて調製された除かれた戸籍を蓄積して除籍簿とする。

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, family registers prepared by means of magnetic disks are accumulated and compiled into family register books, and family registers prepared by means of magnetic disks and removed from a family registry are accumulated and compiled into registries of removed family registers.

第百十九条の二前条の規定により磁気ディスクをもつて調製された戸籍又は除かれた戸籍の副本は、第八条第二項の規定にかかわらず、法務大臣が保存する。

Article 119-2Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2), duplicates of family registers or removed family registers prepared by means of magnetic disks pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are kept by the Minister of Justice.

第百二十条第百十九条の規定により戸籍又は除かれた戸籍が磁気ディスクをもつて調製されているときは、第十条第一項又は第十条の二第一項から第五項まで（これらの規定を第十二条の二において準用する場合を含む。）の請求は、戸籍謄本等又は除籍謄本等に代えて、磁気ディスクをもつて調製された戸籍に記録されている事項の全部若しくは一部を証明した書面（以下「戸籍証明書」という。）又は磁気ディスクをもつて調製された除かれた戸籍に記録されている事項の全部若しくは一部を証明した書面（以下「除籍証明書」という。）についてすることができる。

Article 120(1)If a family register or a removed family register is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of the Article 119, the request referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 10-2, paragraphs (1) to (5) (including if these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12-2) may be made to obtain a document certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the family register prepared by means of a magnetic disk (referred to below as a "family register certificate") or a document certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the removed family register prepared by means of a magnetic disk (referred to below as a "removed family register certificate") in lieu of obtaining the family register transcript, extract or certificate or obtaining a transcript, extract, or certificate of the removed family register.

２戸籍証明書又は除籍証明書は、第百条第二項及び第百八条第二項の規定並びに旅券法（昭和二十六年法律第二百六十七号）その他の法令の規定の適用については、戸籍又は除かれた戸籍の謄本又は抄本とみなす。

(2)For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (2) and Article 108, paragraph (2) as well as the provisions of the Passport Act (Act No. 267 of 1951) and other laws and regulations, a family register certificate or removed family register certificate is deemed to be a transcript or extract of the family register or the removed family register.

第百二十条の二第百十九条の規定により戸籍又は除かれた戸籍が磁気ディスクをもつて調製されているときは、次の各号に掲げる請求は、当該各号に定める者に対してもすることができる。

Article 120-2(1)If a family register or a removed family register is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119, the requests in the following items may be made to the persons specified in the relevant items:

２前項の規定によりする第十条第一項の請求（本籍地の市町村長以外の指定市町村長に対してするものに限る。）については、同条第三項及び第十条の三第二項の規定は適用せず、同条第一項中「現に請求の任に当たつている者」とあり、及び「当該請求の任に当たつている者」とあるのは、「当該請求をする者」とする。

(2)Concerning the request in Article 10, paragraph 1 pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to those made to a mayor of a designated municipality other than the municipal mayor of a place of the registered domicile), the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article and Article 10-3, paragraph (2) do not apply, and in the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1), the terms "the person taking charge of making the request" and "themselves " are deemed to be replaced with "the person who makes the request".

第百二十条の三前条第一項の規定によりする第十条第一項の請求又は前条第一項の規定によりする第十条の二第二項の請求（法務省令で定める事務を遂行するために必要がある場合における当該請求に限る。以下この条（第三項を除く。）において同じ。）は、戸籍電子証明書（第百十九条の規定により磁気ディスクをもつて調製された戸籍に記録された事項の全部又は一部を証明した電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものとして法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）をいう。以下同じ。）又は除籍電子証明書（第百十九条の規定により磁気ディスクをもつて調製された除かれた戸籍に記録された事項の全部又は一部を証明した電磁的記録をいう。以下同じ。）についてもすることができる。

Article 120-3(1)The request in Article 10, paragraph (1) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or the request in Article 10-2, paragraph (2) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to the relevant requests that are necessary to perform the processes specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies in this Article (excluding paragraph (3))) may be made for a family register electronic certificate (meaning an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record that is created in an electronic format, a magnetic format, or any other format that cannot be perceived by the human senses, and that is specified by Ministry of Justice Order as being used in computerized information processing; the same applies below) prepared by means of a magnetic disk certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the family register pursuant to the provisions of Article 119) or also for an electronic certificate of a removed family register (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared by means of a magnetic disk certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the removed family register pursuant to the provisions of Article 119; the same applies below).

２前項の規定によりする第十条第一項又は第十条の二第二項の請求があつたときは、指定市町村長は、当該請求をした者に対し、戸籍電子証明書提供用識別符号（当該請求に係る戸籍電子証明書を識別することができるように付される符号であつて、法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）又は除籍電子証明書提供用識別符号（当該請求に係る除籍電子証明書を識別することができるように付される符号であつて、法務省令で定めるものをいう。以下同じ。）を発行するものとする。

(2)When a request in Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 10-2 paragraph (2) is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a designated municipality is to issue to the person who made the request the identification code for provision of the family register electronic certificate (meaning an attached code that makes it possible to identify the family register electronic certificate related to the relevant request, which is specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies below) or the identification code for the provision of electronic certificate of a removed family register (meaning an attached code that makes it possible to identify the electronic certificate of a removed family register related to the relevant request, which is specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies below).

３指定市町村長は、行政機関等（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）第三条第二号に規定する行政機関等その他の法務省令で定める者をいう。）から、法務省令で定めるところにより、前項の規定により発行された戸籍電子証明書提供用識別符号又は除籍電子証明書提供用識別符号を示して戸籍電子証明書又は除籍電子証明書の提供を求められたときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該戸籍電子証明書提供用識別符号に対応する戸籍電子証明書又は当該除籍電子証明書提供用識別符号に対応する除籍電子証明書を提供するものとする。

(3)When the mayor of a designated municipality receives a request pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order from an administrative organ or other relevant organ (meaning an administrative organ or other relevant organ and other persons specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 3, item (ii) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Use Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002)) for provision of a family register electronic certificate or an electronic certificate of a removed family register electronic certificate that indicates the identification code for the provision of the family register electronic certificate or the identification code for the provision of the electronic certificate of a removed family register issued pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a designated municipality is to provide, pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order, a family register electronic certificate corresponding to the identification code for the provision of the family register electronic certificate or the electronic certificate of a removed family register corresponding to the identification code for the provision of the electronic certificate of a removed family register.

４第一項の規定によりする第十条第一項及び第十条の二第二項の請求については、これらの規定中「交付」とあるのは、「第百二十条の三第三項の規定により同項に規定する行政機関等に提供すること」とし、第一項の規定によりする第十条第一項の請求（本籍地の市町村長以外の指定市町村長に対してするものに限る。）については、同条第三項及び第十条の三第二項の規定は適用せず、同条第一項中「現に請求の任に当たつている者」とあり、及び「当該請求の任に当たつている者」とあるのは、「当該請求をする者」とする。

(4)Concerning the requests in Article 10, paragraph (1) and Article 10-2, paragraph (2) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), in these provisions, the term "issuance" is deemed to be replaced with "provision by an administrative organ or other relevant organ pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 120-3, as prescribed in the paragraph", and concerning the request in Article 10, paragraph (1) (limited to a request to the mayor of a designated municipality other than the mayor of a municipality of the place of the registered domicile) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the provisions in paragraph (3) of that Article and Article 10-3, paragraph (2) do not apply, and in the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1), the terms "the person taking charge of making the request" and "themselves" are deemed to be replaced with "the person who makes the request".

第百二十条の四指定市町村長は、この法律の規定により提出すべきものとされている届書若しくは申請書又はその他の書類で戸籍の記載をするために必要なものとして法務省令で定めるもの（以下この項において「届書等」という。）を受理した場合には、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該届書等の画像情報（以下「届書等情報」という。）を作成し、これを電子情報処理組織を使用して、法務大臣に提供するものとする。

Article 120-4(1)When the mayor of a designated municipality receives the written application and other documents that are specified by Ministry of Justice Order as being necessary to make an entry in a family register (referred to below as "written application and other documents" in this paragraph), pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order, the mayor is to create image files of the relevant written applications and other documents (referred to below as "information regarding written application and other documents") and submit them to the Minister of Justice, utilizing an electronic data processing system.

２前項の規定により届書等情報の提供を受けた法務大臣は、これを磁気ディスクに記録するものとする。

(2)When the Minister of Justice receives the provision of information regarding written application and other documents pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister is to record the information on a magnetic disk.

第百二十条の五二箇所以上の市役所又は町村役場で戸籍の記載をすべき場合において、届出又は申請を受理した市町村長が指定市町村長であり、かつ、当該届出又は申請により戸籍の記載をすべき市町村長（当該届出又は申請を受理した市町村長を除く。）のうち指定市町村長であるもの（以下この項において「戸籍記載指定市町村長」という。）があるときは、法務大臣は、戸籍記載指定市町村長に対し、前条第一項の提供を受けた旨を通知するものとする。

Article 120-5(1)If entries should be made in a family register in two or more ward offices or town halls, if a mayor of a municipality that received the notification or application is a mayor of a designated municipality, and, if a mayor of a designated municipality (referred to below in the paragraph as "mayor of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register") is one of the mayors of a municipality who should make the entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application (excluding the mayor of a municipality who received the relevant notification or application), the Minister of Justice is to inform the mayor of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register to the effect that the Minister has received the information regarding the written application and other documents as stated in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

２前項の場合においては、第三十六条第一項及び第二項（これらの規定を第百十七条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定にかかわらず、提出すべき届書又は申請書の数は、戸籍の記載をすべき市町村長の数から当該市町村長のうち指定市町村長であるものの数を減じた数に一を加えた数とする。

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (2) (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 117), the number of notifications or applications that should be provided is the number arrived at when the number of mayors of a designated municipality among mayors of a municipality that should make entries in a family register is first subtracted from the mayors of a municipality that should make entries in a family register, and then one is added.

３本籍地外で届出又は申請をする場合（二箇所以上の市役所又は町村役場で戸籍の記載をすべき場合を除く。）であつて、届出又は申請を受理した市町村長及び当該届出又は申請により戸籍の記載をすべき市町村長がいずれも指定市町村長であるときは、法務大臣は、当該戸籍の記載をすべき指定市町村長に対し、前条第一項の提供を受けた旨を通知するものとする。

(3)If there is a notification or an application outside of the place of the registered domicile (excluding the case where entries should be made in a family register in two or more ward offices or town halls), if both the mayor of a municipality that received the notification or application and the mayor of a municipality who should make the entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application are mayors of a designated municipality, the Minister of Justice is to inform the mayors of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register to the effect that the Minister has received the written application and other documents stated in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

４前項の場合においては、第三十六条第二項（第百十七条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、適用しない。

(4)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 117) do not apply.

第百二十条の六利害関係人は、特別の事由がある場合に限り、届出若しくは申請を受理した指定市町村長又は当該届出若しくは申請によつて戸籍の記載をした指定市町村長に対し、当該届出又は申請に係る届書等情報の内容を法務省令で定める方法により表示したものの閲覧を請求し、又は届書等情報の内容について証明書を請求することができる。

Article 120-6(1)Limited to cases for which there is a special reason, an interested person may make a request to the mayor of a designated municipality who received the notification or application or to the mayor of a designated municipality who made an entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application to inspect the information regarding a written application and other documents related to the relevant notification and application by the means specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice, or for a certificate concerning the contents of the information regarding a written application and other documents.

２第十条第三項及び第十条の三の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) and Article 10-3 apply mutatis mutandis to the case under the preceding paragraph.

第百二十条の七第百条第二項の規定は、第百十九条の規定により届出事件の本人の戸籍が磁気ディスクをもつて調製されている場合において、届出地及び分籍地の市町村長がいずれも指定市町村長であるときは、適用しない。

Article 120-7If the family register of an individual in the event under notification is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119, if both the mayor of a municipality where the notification of separation is made and the mayor of a municipality where the relevant person's new family register is created are mayors of a designated municipality, the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (2) do not apply.

第百二十条の八第百八条第二項の規定は、第百十九条の規定により届出事件の本人の戸籍が磁気ディスクをもつて調製されている場合において、届出地及び転籍地の市町村長がいずれも指定市町村長であるときは、適用しない。

Article 120-8If the family register of an individual in the event under notification is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119, if both the mayor of a municipality where the notification of transfer of a registered domicile is made and the mayor of a municipality to which the relevant person's registered domicile is transferred are mayors of a designated municipality, the provisions of Article 108, paragraph (2) do not apply.

第百二十一条法務大臣及び指定市町村長は、電子情報処理組織の構築及び維持管理並びに運用に係る事務に関する秘密について、その漏えいの防止その他の適切な管理のために、電子情報処理組織の安全性及び信頼性を確保することその他の必要な措置を講じなければならない。

Article 121The Minister of Justice and the mayor of a designated municipality must take measures to ensure the security and reliability of electronic data processing systems and other necessary measures in order to prevent leaks and perform other appropriate management with regard to confidentiality concerning processes regarding the construction, maintenance, management, and operation of electronic data processing systems.

第百二十一条の二電子情報処理組織の構築及び維持管理並びに運用に係る事務に従事する者又は従事していた者は、その業務に関して知り得た当該事務に関する秘密を漏らし、又は盗用してはならない。

Article 121-2Persons engaged or formerly engaged in processes concerning particulars related to the construction, maintenance, management, and operation of electronic data processing systems must not leak or misappropriate secrets concerning processes that they have come to know in relation to their duties.

第百二十一条の三法務大臣は、行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第二十七号）第十九条第八号又は第九号の規定による提供の用に供する戸籍関係情報（同法第九条第三項に規定する戸籍関係情報をいう。）を作成するため、第百十九条の規定により磁気ディスクをもつて調製された戸籍又は除かれた戸籍の副本に記録されている情報を利用することができる。

Article 121-3The Minister of Justice may use information recorded in duplicates of family registers or removed family registers in the form of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119 of this Act in order to prepare relationship data from family registers (meaning relationship data from family registers as prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)) that is to be used for providing the relevant information pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, item (viii) or (ix) of that Act.

第百二十二条戸籍事件（第百二十四条に規定する請求に係るものを除く。）について、市町村長の処分を不当とする者は、家庭裁判所に不服の申立てをすることができる。

Article 122A person who considers a disposition made by the mayor of a municipality with regard to an event involving a family register (excluding an event related to the request prescribed in Article 124) to be unjust may file an appeal with the family court.

第百二十三条戸籍事件（次条に規定する請求に係るものを除く。）に関する市町村長の処分又はその不作為については、審査請求をすることができない。

Article 123No request for examination concerning a disposition or inaction by the mayor of a municipality with regard to an event involving a family register may be made (excluding an event subject to a request prescribed in the following Article).

第百二十四条第十条第一項又は第十条の二第一項から第五項まで（これらの規定を第十二条の二において準用する場合を含む。）、第四十八条第二項、第百二十条第一項、第百二十条の二第一項、第百二十条の三第一項及び第百二十条の六第一項の規定によりする請求について市町村長が行う処分又はその不作為に不服がある者は、管轄法務局長等に審査請求をすることができる。

Article 124A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition or inaction by the mayor of a municipality with regard to the request referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 10-2, paragraphs (1) through (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12-2), Article 48, paragraph (2), and Article 120, paragraph (1) may make a request for examination to the director with jurisdiction.

第百二十五条削除

Article 125Deleted

第百二十六条市町村長又は法務局若しくは地方法務局の長は、法務省令で定める基準及び手続により、統計の作成又は学術研究であつて、公益性が高く、かつ、その目的を達成するために戸籍若しくは除かれた戸籍に記載した事項又は届書その他市町村長の受理した書類に記載した事項に係る情報を利用する必要があると認められるもののため、その必要の限度において、これらの情報を提供することができる。

Article 126The mayor of a municipality or the head of a legal affairs bureau or district legal affairs bureau may provide information on the particulars entered in a family register or removed family register or information on the particulars entered in a written notification or any other document received by the mayor of a municipality, according to the standards and procedures specified by Ministry of Justice Order, for the production of statistics or the academic research that is found to be conducive to the public interest, if the information in question needs to be used in order to produce the statistics or achieve the academic research, to the extent of that necessity.

第百二十七条戸籍事件に関する市町村長の処分については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第二章及び第三章の規定は、適用しない。

Article 127The provisions of Chapters II and III of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to a disposition made by the mayor of a municipality with regard to an event involving a family register.

第百二十八条戸籍及び除かれた戸籍の副本、第四十八条第二項に規定する書類並びに届書等情報については、行政機関の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十一年法律第四十二号）の規定は、適用しない。

Article 128The provisions of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999) do not apply to a duplicate of a family register, or a removed family register and information in a written application and other documents prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (2).

第百二十九条戸籍及び除かれた戸籍の正本及び副本、第四十八条第二項に規定する書類並びに届書等情報に記録されている保有個人情報（個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第六十条第一項に規定する保有個人情報をいう。）については、同法第五章第四節の規定は、適用しない。

Article 129The provisions of Chapter V, Section 4 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) do not apply to the personal information the administrative entity holds (meaning the personal information the administrative entity holds as prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of that Act) that is recorded in an original and a duplicate of a family register or a removed family register, and in a document and a written application prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (2).

第百三十条情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律第六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用してする届出の届出地及び同項の規定により同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用してする申請の申請地については、第四章及び第五章の規定にかかわらず、法務省令で定めるところによる。

Article 130(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapters IV and V, the place of notification is governed by the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order if the notification is submitted using electronic data processing systems prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Promotion of Administrative Affairs through the Use of Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002) pursuant to the provisions of the relevant paragraph; and the place of application is also governed by the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order if the application is filed using the electronic data processing systems prescribed in the relevant paragraph pursuant to the provisions of the relevant paragraph.

２第四十七条の規定は、情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律第六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用してした届出及び申請について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 47 apply mutatis mutandis to the notifications and applications submitted using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promotion of Administration Using Information and Telecommunications Technology pursuant to the provisions of the relevant paragraph.

第百三十一条この法律に定めるもののほか、届書その他戸籍事務の処理に関し必要な事項は、法務省令で定める。

Article 131Beyond what is provided for in this Act, the particulars necessary for the handling of written notifications and other processes related to family registers are prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.

第百三十二条第百二十一条の二の規定に違反して秘密を漏らし、又は盗用した者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 132A person who has divulged or misappropriated any secret in violation of the provisions of Article 32 or Article 121-2 is subject to imprisonment with work for not more than two years or a fine of not more than one million yen.

第百三十三条戸籍に関する事務に従事する市町村の職員若しくは職員であつた者又は市町村長の委託（二以上の段階にわたる委託を含む。）を受けて行う戸籍に関する事務の処理に従事している者若しくは従事していた者が、その事務に関して知り得た事項を自己若しくは第三者の不正な利益を図る目的で提供し、又は盗用したときは、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 133An official or former official of a municipality engaged in processes for family registers or a person engaged or formerly engaged in performing processes for family registers under entrustment (including further entrustment at the second or higher degree of separation from the original entrustment) from a mayor of a municipality has provided or misappropriated information that they have come to know in relation to their processes, in order to receive unjust gains by themselves or a third party, is subject to imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

第百三十四条戸籍の記載又は記録を要しない事項について虚偽の届出をした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は二十万円以下の罰金に処する。外国人に関する事項について虚偽の届出をした者も、同様とする。

Article 134A person who has submitted a false notification with regard to particulars which are not required to be entered or recorded in a family register, is subject to imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 200,000 yen. The same applies to a person who has submitted a false notification with regard to particulars that involve a foreign national.

第百三十五条偽りその他不正の手段により、第十条第一項若しくは第十条の二第一項から第五項までの規定による戸籍謄本等の交付、第十二条の二の規定による除籍謄本等の交付若しくは第百二十条第一項の規定による戸籍証明書若しくは除籍証明書の交付を受けた者、第百二十条の三第二項の規定による戸籍電子証明書提供用識別符号若しくは除籍電子証明書提供用識別符号の発行を受けた者又は同条第三項の規定による戸籍電子証明書若しくは除籍電子証明書の提供を受けた者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 135A person who has been issued a family register transcript, extract or certificate prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 10-2, paragraph (1) through (5), a transcript, extract, or certificate of a removed family register prescribed in Article 12-2, or a family register certificate or a removed family register certificate prescribed in Article 120, paragraph (1), the identification code for provision of the family register electronic certificate or the identification code for the provision of the electronic certificate of a removed family register prescribed in Article 120-3, paragraph (2), or the family register electronic certificate or the electronic certificate of a removed family register prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article, by deception or other wrongful means, is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

第百三十六条偽りその他不正の手段により、第四十八条第二項（第百十七条において準用する場合を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定による閲覧をし、若しくは同項の規定による証明書の交付を受けた者又は第百二十条の六第一項の規定による閲覧をし、若しくは同条の規定による証明書の交付を受けた者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 136A person who has conducted an inspection under Article 48, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 117) or who has been issued a certificate under that Article by deception or other wrongful means is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.

第百三十七条正当な理由がなくて期間内にすべき届出又は申請をしない者は、五万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 137A person who has not submitted a notification or application that they are required to submit during the prescribed period without just cause is subject to a civil fine of not more than 50,000 yen.

第百三十八条市町村長が、第四十四条第一項又は第二項（これらの規定を第百十七条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によつて、期間を定めて届出又は申請の催告をした場合に、正当な理由がなくてその期間内に届出又は申請をしない者は、十万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 138If the mayor of a municipality has specified a period and given notice regarding a notification or application pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 117), the person who has not submitted the notification or application within that period without just cause, is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.

第百三十九条次の場合には、市町村長を十万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 139In the following cases, the mayor of a municipality is subject to a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen:

第百四十条過料についての裁判は、簡易裁判所がする。

Article 140Judicial decisions on civil fines are made by the summary court.

第六条附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍の筆頭に記載されている者（以下「筆頭者」という。）（既にこの項又は次項の規定による届出をした者を除く。）は、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、当該筆頭者の戸籍に記載されている氏に係る氏の振り仮名の届出をすることができる。

Article 6(1)The person entered at the head of the family register (referred to below as the "head person") at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding a person who has already made a notification under the provisions of this paragraph or the following paragraph) may make a notification regarding the surname kana characters of the surname listed in the head person's family register, limited to a period within one year from the effective date of item (iii).

２前項の届出をすることができる筆頭者であって、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に同項の氏について第七条の規定による改正後の戸籍法（以下「新戸籍法」という。）第十三条第二項の規定による同条第一項第二号の読み方（以下「一般の読み方」という。）以外の氏の読み方を使用しているものは、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、前項の届出に代えて現に使用している氏の読み方を示す文字を戸籍の記載事項とする旨の届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出に係る戸籍に記載されている者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条第一項及び第百七条の三の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該届出に係る文字を氏の振り仮名とみなす。

(2)If a head person who is allowed to make the notification stated in the preceding paragraph uses a pronunciation other than the pronunciation referred to in Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii) (referred to below as the "general pronunciation") under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2) of the Family Register Act as amended by the provisions of Article 7 (referred to below as the "New Family Register Act") at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, the head person may make a notification to the effect that the characters displaying the pronunciation being used are to be particulars entered into the family register in lieu of the notification in the preceding paragraph, limited to within one year from the effective date of item (iii). In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107, paragraph (1) and Article 107-3, and other laws and regulations, to the person entered in the family register related to the notification, the characters used in the relevant notification are deemed to be the surname kana characters.

３第一項の届出をすることができる筆頭者が当該戸籍から除籍されているときは、次に掲げる者は、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、その順序に従って、前二項の届出をすることができる。ただし、既に当該戸籍について前二項の届出がされているときは、この限りでない。

(3)If the head person who is allowed to make the notification stated in the preceding paragraph is removed from the relevant family register, limited to within one year from the effective date of item (iii), in accordance with the order, the persons listed below may make the notifications referred to in the preceding two paragraphs;provided, however, that this does not apply if the notifications referred to in the preceding two paragraphs have already been made:

４第二項の届出をする者は、現に使用している氏の読み方が通用していることを証する書面を提出しなければならない。

(4)The person making the notification referred to in paragraph (2) must submit a document certifying that the pronunciation of the surname that is being used is generally accepted.

第七条附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載されている者（筆頭者を除く。）であって、第三号施行日以後に新たに編製される戸籍（以下この条及び附則第十一条において「新戸籍」という。）の筆頭に記載されるもの（既にこの項又は次項の規定による届出をした者を除く。）は、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、当該新戸籍に記載されている氏に係る氏の振り仮名の届出をすることができる。

Article 7(1)A person who is entered in the family register at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the head person), and who is entered as the head person (excluding the person who has already made a notification under the provisions of this paragraph or the following paragraph) in a family register created after the time of enforcement of the provisions of item (iii) (referred to below as "new family register" in this Article and in Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions) may make a notification regarding the surname kana characters related to the surname entered into the relevant new family register, limited to within one year from the effective date of item (iii).

２前項に規定する者であって、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に同項の氏について一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方を使用しているものは、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、同項の届出に代えて現に使用している氏の読み方を示す文字を当該者に係る新戸籍の記載事項とする旨の届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出に係る新戸籍に記載されている者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条第一項及び第百七条の三の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該届出に係る文字を氏の振り仮名とみなす。

(2)Limited to within one year from the effective date of item (iii), the person prescribed in the preceding paragraph: who uses a pronunciation other than the general pronunciation for the surname referred to in the preceding paragraph at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, may make a notification to the effect that the characters displaying the pronunciation of the surname that are being used are to be particulars entered into the family register for the person in lieu of the notification in the preceding paragraph.In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107, paragraph (1) and Article 107-3 of the New Family Register Act, and other laws and regulations, to the person entered in the new family register related to the relevant notification, the characters related to the relevant notification are deemed to be the surname kana characters.

３第一項に規定する者が当該者に係る新戸籍から除籍されているときは、次に掲げる者は、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、その順序に従って、前二項の届出をすることができる。ただし、既に当該新戸籍について前二項の届出がされているときは、この限りでない。

(3)If the person prescribed in paragraph (1) is removed from the new family register related to the person, limited to within one year from the effective date of item (iii), in accordance with the order, the persons listed below may make the notifications referred to in the preceding two paragraphs;provided, however, that this does not apply if the notifications referred to in the preceding two paragraphs have already been made:

４前三項の規定は、新戸籍が編製される日前に当該新戸籍に記載される氏について前条第一項又は第二項の届出がされているときは、適用しない。

(4)If the notification in the paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article has been made concerning the surname entered in the new family register before the day that family register was created, the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply.

５第二項の届出をする者は、現に使用している氏の読み方が通用していることを証する書面を提出しなければならない。

(5)The person making the notification referred to in paragraph (2) must submit a document certifying that the pronunciation of the surname that is being used is generally accepted.

第八条附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載されている者（既にこの項又は次項の規定による届出をした者を除く。）は、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、当該者の戸籍に記載されている名に係る名の振り仮名の届出をすることができる。

Article 8(1)The person entered at the head of the family register at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding a person who has already made a notification under the provisions of this paragraph or the following paragraph) may make a notification regarding the surname kana characters of the surname listed in the person's family register, limited to a period within one year from the effective date of item (iii).

２前項に規定する者であって、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に同項の名について一般の読み方以外の名の読み方を使用しているものは、第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、同項の届出に代えて現に使用している名の読み方を示す文字を戸籍の記載事項とする旨の届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出をした者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条の二及び第百七条の四の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該届出に係る文字を名の振り仮名とみなす。

(2)Limited to within one year from the effective date of item (iii), the person prescribed in the preceding paragraph: who uses a pronunciation other than the general pronunciation for the given name referred to in the preceding paragraph at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, may make a notification to the effect that the characters displaying the pronunciation of the given name that are being used are to be particulars entered into the family register for the person in lieu of the notification in the preceding paragraph.In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107, paragraph (1) and Article 107-3 of the New Family Register Act, and other laws and regulations, to the person making the notification, the characters related to the relevant notification are deemed to be the given name kana characters.

３前項の届出をする者は、現に使用している名の読み方が通用していることを証する書面を提出しなければならない。

(3)The person making the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a document certifying that the pronunciation of the given name that is being used is generally accepted.

第九条本籍地の市町村長（特別区の区長を含むものとし、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市（以下この項において「指定都市」という。）にあっては、区長又は総合区長とする。以下この条及び附則第十三条において同じ。）は、第三号施行日から起算して一年を経過した日に、市役所（特別区の区役所を含むものとし、指定都市にあっては、区又は総合区の区役所とする。）又は町村役場の所在地を管轄する法務局又は地方法務局の長（次項において「管轄法務局長等」という。）の許可を得て、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載されている者に係る氏の振り仮名を戸籍に記載するものとする。ただし、同日の前日までに附則第六条第一項若しくは第二項の届出又は附則第七条第一項若しくは第二項の届出があったときは、この限りでない。

Article 9(1)On the day after the final day in the one year period commencing on the effective date referred to in item (iii), the mayor of a municipality for the place of the registered domicile (including a special ward mayor; with respect to a designated city set forth in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947) (referred to below as "designated cities" in this paragraph), a ward mayor or administratively consolidated ward mayor; the same applies below in this Article and in Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions) is to obtain the permission of the director of a legal affairs bureau or district legal affairs bureau with jurisdiction over the location of a city office (including a ward office of a special ward, with respect to a designated city, a ward office of a ward or administratively consolidated ward) or town or village office (referred to below as the "director with jurisdiction" in the following paragraph) and enter into the family register the surname kana characters related to the person entered into the family register at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions;provided, however, that this does not apply if the notification referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, or the notification referred to in Article 7, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Supplementary Provisions has been made on the day before the day which is one year from the effective date.

２本籍地の市町村長は、第三号施行日から起算して一年を経過した日に、管轄法務局長等の許可を得て、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載されている者（同日の前日までに前条第一項又は第二項の届出をした者を除く。）に係る名の振り仮名を戸籍に記載するものとする。

(2)On the day after the final day in the one year period commencing on the effective date referred to in item (iii), the mayor of a municipality for the place of the registered domicile is to obtain the permission of the director with jurisdiction and enter into the family register the given name kana characters related to the person entered into the family register at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the person who made the notification referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article on the day before the day which is one year from the effective date).

３本籍地の市町村長は、前二項の場合において、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載されている者に一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方又は名の読み方が使用されていると認めるときは、前二項の規定にかかわらず、氏の振り仮名又は名の振り仮名に代えてその使用されている氏の読み方又は名の読み方を示す文字を当該者の戸籍に記載することができる。この場合において、この項の規定により当該文字を戸籍に記載された者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条第一項及び第百七条の二の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該記載に係る文字を氏の振り仮名又は名の振り仮名とみなす。

(3)In the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, when the mayor of a municipality for the place of the registered domicile finds that the person entered into the family register at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions is using a surname pronunciation or given name pronunciation other than the general pronunciation, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the mayor may enter the characters displaying the pronunciation of the surname and the pronunciation of the given name that are being used in the family register of the person in lieu of the surname kana characters and the given name kana characters.In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107, paragraph (1) and Article 107-2, and other laws and regulations related to the person for whom the characters are entered in the family register pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the characters related to the entry are deemed to be the surname kana characters and the given name kana characters.

４本籍地の市町村長は、第三号施行日後遅滞なく、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載されている者に対し、前三項の規定により当該者の戸籍に記載しようとする氏の振り仮名若しくは名の振り仮名又は一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方若しくは名の読み方を示す文字を通知するものとする。ただし、あらかじめ通知することが困難である場合は、この限りでない。

(4)Without delay after the enforcement date stated in item (iii), the mayor of a municipality for the place of the registered domicile must notify a person who is entered in the family register at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, of the surname kana characters, or given name kana characters, or of the characters displaying the pronunciation of the surname or the given name other than the general pronunciation, that the mayor intends to enter into the person's family register pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs;provided, however, that this does not apply if it is difficult to notify the person in advance.

第十条前条第一項の規定により戸籍に氏の振り仮名が記載されたときは、当該戸籍の筆頭者（既にこの項又は次項の規定による届出をした者を除く。同項において同じ。）は、氏の振り仮名を変更する旨の届出をすることができる。

Article 10(1)Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if the surname kana characters are entered into the family registry, the head person of the family registry (excluding a person who has already made the notification under the provisions of this paragraph or the following paragraph; the same applies in this paragraph) may make a notification to change the surname kana characters.

２前条第一項の規定により戸籍に氏の振り仮名が記載された場合において、当該戸籍の筆頭者が附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方を使用しているときは、当該戸籍の筆頭者は、戸籍の記載事項を現に使用している氏の読み方を示す文字に変更する旨の届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出に係る戸籍に記載されている者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条第一項及び第百七条の三の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該届出に係る文字を氏の振り仮名とみなす。

(2)In the case that the surname kana characters have been entered pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, if the head person of the family register has been using a pronunciation other than the general pronunciation for the surname, the head person may make a notification to the effect that the surname kana characters will be changed to the characters displaying the pronunciation of the surname that are being used.In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107, paragraph (1) and Article 107-3, and other laws and regulations, to the person entered in the family register related to the notification, the characters used in the relevant notification are deemed to be the surname kana characters.

３前条第三項の規定により戸籍に一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方を示す文字を記載されたときは、当該戸籍の筆頭者（既にこの項又は次項の規定による届出をした者を除く。同項において同じ。）は、戸籍の記載事項を一般の読み方による氏の振り仮名に変更する旨の届出をすることができる。

(3)Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, if characters displaying a pronunciation of the surname other than the general pronunciation are entered into the family register, the head person of the family registry (excluding a person who has already made the notification under the provisions of this paragraph or the following paragraph; the same applies in this paragraph) may make a notification to the effect that the particulars entered in the family register regarding the surname kana characters be changed to the general pronunciation.

４前条第三項の規定により戸籍に一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方を示す文字を記載された場合において、当該戸籍の筆頭者が附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載された氏の読み方以外の氏の読み方であって一般の読み方以外のものを使用しているときは、当該戸籍の筆頭者は、戸籍の記載事項を現に使用している氏の読み方を示す文字に変更する旨の届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出に係る戸籍に記載されている者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条第一項及び第百七条の三の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該届出に係る文字を氏の振り仮名とみなす。

(4)Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, in the case that characters displaying a pronunciation of the surname other than the general pronunciation are entered into the family register at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, if the head person of the registry is using a pronunciation of the surname that differs from the pronunciation entered into the family registry and that is a pronunciation other than the general pronunciation, the head person of the registry may make a notification to the effect that the particulars entered in the family register be changed to the surname pronunciation being used.In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107 paragraph (1) and Article 107-3, and other laws and regulations, to the person entered in the family register related to the notification, the characters used in the relevant notification are deemed to be the surname kana characters.

５新戸籍法第百七条の三の規定は、前各項の届出には、適用しない。

(5)The provisions of Article 107-3 of the New Family Register Act do not apply to the notifications in the preceding paragraphs.

６第一項から第四項までの届出をしようとする者に配偶者があるときは、配偶者とともに当該届出をしなければならない。

(6)If the person who seeks to make the notifications in paragraphs (1) through (4) has a spouse, the notifications must be made together with the spouse.

７附則第六条第三項の規定は、第一項から第四項までの筆頭者が当該戸籍から除籍されている場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「第三号施行日から起算して一年以内に限り、その」とあるのは、「その」と読み替えるものとする。

(7)The provisions of Article 6, paragraph 3 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the cases in which the head person in the paragraphs (1) through (4) is removed from the family register. In these cases, the term "limited to within one year from the effective date of item (iii), in" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "in".

８第二項又は第四項の届出をする者は、当該届出に係る現に使用している氏の読み方が通用していることを証する書面を提出しなければならない。

(8)The person making the notifications in paragraph (2) or (4) must submit a document certifying that the pronunciation of the surname that is being used that is related to the notifications, is generally accepted.

第十一条前条の規定は、附則第九条第一項又は第三項の規定により氏の振り仮名又は一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方を示す文字が記載された戸籍に記載されている者（筆頭者を除く。）であって、新戸籍の筆頭に記載されるものについて準用する。ただし、当該新戸籍が編製される日前に当該新戸籍に記載される氏について前条第一項から第四項までの届出又はこの条において準用する前条第一項から第四項までの届出がされているときは、この限りでない。

Article 11Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the person entered into the family register for whom characters displaying a pronunciation of the surname other than the general pronunciation are entered into the family register and who is entered as the head person in the new family register;provided, however, that this does not apply if the notifications referred to in paragraphs (1) though (4) of the preceding Article or the notifications referred to in paragraphs (1) through (4) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to this Article have been made concerning the surname entered in the new family register before the day that family register was created.

第十二条附則第九条第二項の規定により戸籍に名の振り仮名を記載された者（既にこの項又は次項の規定による届出をした者を除く。同項において同じ。）は、当該名の振り仮名を変更する旨の届出をすることができる。

Article 12(1)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, the person for whom the given name kana characters have been entered into a family register (excluding a person who has already made the notification under the provisions of this paragraph or the following paragraph; the same applies in that paragraph) may make a notification to change the given name kana characters.

２附則第九条第二項の規定により戸籍に名の振り仮名を記載された者であって、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に一般の読み方以外の名の読み方を使用しているものは、戸籍の記載事項を現に使用している名の読み方を示す文字に変更する旨の届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出により戸籍の記載事項を変更した者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条の二及び第百七条の四の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該届出に係る文字を名の振り仮名とみなす。

(2)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, a person for whom the given name kana characters have been entered into a family register who uses a pronunciation other than the general pronunciation for the given name at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, may make a notification to the effect that the particulars entered in the family register be changed to the given name pronunciation being used.In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107-2 and Article 107-4, and other laws and regulations, to the person that changed the particulars entered in the family register related to the notification, the characters used in the relevant notification are deemed to be the given name kana characters.

３附則第九条第三項の規定により戸籍に一般の読み方以外の名の読み方を示す文字を記載された者（既にこの項又は次項の規定による届出をした者を除く。同項において同じ。）は、戸籍の記載事項を一般の読み方による名の振り仮名に変更する旨の届出をすることができる。

(3)Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, a person for whom characters displaying a pronunciation of the given name other than the general pronunciation (excluding a person who has already made the notification under the provisions of this paragraph or the following paragraph; the same applies in that paragraph) have been entered into a family register, may make a notification to the effect that the particulars entered in the family register regarding the given name kana characters be changed to the general pronunciation.

４附則第九条第三項の規定により戸籍に一般の読み方以外の名の読み方を示す文字を記載された者であって、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載された名の読み方以外の名の読み方であって一般の読み方以外のものを使用しているものは、戸籍の記載事項を現に使用している名の読み方を示す文字に変更する旨の届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出により名の読み方を示す文字を変更した者に係る新戸籍法第十三条第一項第二号、第二十九条第四号、第百七条の二及び第百七条の四の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該届出に係る文字を名の振り仮名とみなす。

(4)A person for whom characters displaying a pronunciation of the given name other than the general pronunciation are entered in the family register pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions and who is using a pronunciation of the given name that differs from the pronunciation entered into the family registry that is a pronunciation other than the general pronunciation at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, may make a notification to the effect that the particulars entered in the family register be changed to the given name pronunciation being used.In this case, in applying the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 29, item (iv), Article 107-2 and Article 107-4, and other laws and regulations. to the person entered in the family register related to the notification, the characters used in the relevant notification are deemed to be the given name kana characters.

５新戸籍法第百七条の四の規定は、前各項の届出には、適用しない。

(5)The provisions of 107-4 of the New Family Register Act do not apply to the notifications in the preceding items.

６第二項又は第四項の届出をする者は、当該届出に係る現に使用している名の読み方が通用していることを証する書面を提出しなければならない。

(6)The person making the notification referred to in paragraph (2) or (4) must submit a document certifying that the pronunciation of the given name that is being used in that notification is generally accepted.

第十三条本籍地の市町村長は、附則第六条から前条までの規定の施行に必要な限度において、関係地方公共団体の長その他の者に対し、附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に戸籍に記載されている者に係る氏名の振り仮名並びに現に使用されている氏の読み方及び名の読み方を示す文字に関する情報の提供を求めることができる。

Article 13To the extent necessary for the enforcement of Articles 6 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the mayor of a municipality for the place of the registered domicile may request the head of a relevant local government or any other person for the provision of information related to kana characters indicating the pronunciation of the name of the person entered into the family register and the characters displaying the pronunciation of the surname and the given name, that are being used by the person at the time of enforcement of the provisions stated in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions.

第十四条一般の読み方以外の氏の読み方又は名の読み方を示す文字に用いることができる仮名及び記号の範囲は、新戸籍法第十三条第三項の法務省令で定められた仮名及び記号の範囲とする。

Article 14The range of the characters and marks that may be used as the kana characters displaying the pronunciation of the surname or the given name other than the general pronunciation is to be the range of the kana characters and marks specified by Ministry of Justice Order in the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3) of the New Family Register Act.